Holland Taylor
Born: 1943-01-14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Holland Virginia Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABC's The Practice (1998–2003). For her portrayal of Evelyn Harper on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men (2003–15), she received a total of four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Taylor's other notable television credits include starring roles on the sitcoms Bosom Buddies (1980–82), The Powers That Be (1992–93) and The Naked Truth (1995–98). She also appeared as Jill Ollinger on the soap opera All My Children (1981–83), as Peggy Peabody on The L Word (2004–08), and as Ida Silver on Mr. Mercedes (2017–19). In 2020, she received critical praise and her eighth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ellen Kincaid in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood. Taylor's feature film credits include Romancing the Stone (1984) and its sequel (1985), Alice (1990), To Die For (1995), One Fine Day (1996), George of the Jungle (1997), The Truman Show (1998), Happy Accidents (2000), Keeping the Faith (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), The Wedding Date (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Gloria Bell (2018), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020), and The Stand In (2020). Taylor wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Ann, based on the life and work of Ann Richards. For this, she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holland Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Motherland as Toni
- Fantasy Life
2024
- Unachievable Sound of Silence ... (Thanks)
- The Little Pageant That Could as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Quiz Lady as Francine
2021
- The Great North as Goldie (voice)
- The Chair as Joan Hambling
- Adele One Night Only as Self
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
- To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You as Stormy
- Hollywood as Ellen Kincaid
- The Stand In as Barbara Cox
- Bill & Ted Face the Music as The Great Leader
2019
- The Morning Show as Cybil Richards
- Gloria Bell as Hillary Bell
- Bombshell as Faye (uncredited)
2018
- Ann as Ann Richards
2017
- Mr. Mercedes as Ida Silver
- The Orville as Jeannie Mercer
2016
- Billions as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
- Speechless as Andrea
- Divorce: The Greatest Hits
- Kepler's Dream as Violet von Stern
- The New Yorker Presents as Truman's Moher
2015
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2012
- Electric City as Voice Actor (voice)
2011
- Twinkle Toes as Principal Garfield (voice)
2010
- The Chosen One as Ruth
2008
- Baby Mama as Rose
2007
- Cinderella III: A Twist in Time as Prudence (voice)
2005
- American Dad! as Mrs. Dawson (voice)
- D.E.B.S. as Ms. Petrie
- The Wedding Date as Bunny
2004
- The L Word as Peggy Peabody
2003
- Two and a Half Men as Evelyn Harper
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Grandmother
- E!'s 101 as Self
2002
- Monk as Peggy Davenport
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True as Prudence (voice)
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Grandmother
- Home Room as Dr. Hollander
- Fillmore! as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
- Baby Bob as Madeline Collins
- Fits and Starts
2001
- Legally Blonde as Professor Stromwell
- Town & Country as Mistress of Ceremonies
- The Day Reagan Was Shot as Nancy Reagan
2000
- Big Brother as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
- Strong Medicine as Lillian Pynchon
- Happy Accidents as Therapist
- Keeping the Faith as Bonnie Rose
- DAG as Kathering Twigg
- Mail to the Chief as Katherine Horner
- The Spiral Staircase as Emma
- The Deadly Look of Love as Evelyn McGinnis
1999
- The Sex Monster as Muriel
- The Lot as Letitia DeVine
1998
- The Truman Show as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- Hercules as Queen Myrrha (voice)
- Next Stop Wonderland as Piper Castleton
- The Truman Show: Tru-Talk as Alanis Montclair
- The Unknown Cyclist as Celia (uncredited)
1997
- The Practice as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- The Wonderful World of Disney
- Ally McBeal as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- George of the Jungle as Beatrice Stanhope
- Betty as Crystal Ball
- Veronica's Closet as Millicent
- Just Write as Emma Jeffreys
- Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
1996
- One Fine Day as Rita
1995
- The Naked Truth as Camilla Dane
- To Die For as Carol Stone
- How to Make an American Quilt as Mrs. Rubens
- A Walton Wedding as Aunt Flo
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester as Janice
- Awake to Danger as Dr. Joyce Lindley
- Last Summer in the Hamptons as Davis Mora Axelrod
- Steal Big Steal Little as Mona Rowland-Downey
1994
- ER as Phyllis Farr
- The Favor as Maggie Sand
- The Counterfeit Contessa as Wallace Everett
- In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness as Florence Newsom
- Betrayal of Trust as Mary Shelton
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Agent Gretchen McCord
- Cop & ½ as Captain Rubio
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years as Dean Susan McMann
- With Hostile Intent as Lois Baxter
1992
- The Powers That Be as Margaret Powers
1991
- The Rape of Doctor Willis as Dr. Greenway
1990
- Alice as Helen
- People Like Us as Dolly
- Going Places
1988
- She's Having a Baby as Sarah Briggs
1987
- Wiseguy
- CBS Summer Playhouse as Fran Grogan
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as Ernestine King
- The Saint in Manhattan as Fran Grogan
- Harry
1985
- The Jewel of the Nile as Gloria
- Key Exchange as Mrs. Fanshaw
- Perry Mason Returns as Paula Gordon
- Me & Mom
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Winifred Thayer
- Kate & Allie
- Romancing the Stone as Gloria
1982
- The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana as Frances Shand Kydd
- I Was a Mail Order Bride as Dottie Birmingham
1981
- My Mother Was Never a Kid as Felicia Martin
1980
- Fame as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
- Bosom Buddies as Ruth Dunbar
1979
- The Sorrows of Gin as Beverly Trencher
- O Youth and Beauty! as Beverly Trencher
1977
- The Love Boat as Kathy Brighton
1976
- The Next Man as TV Interviewer
1975
- Beacon Hill as Marilyn Gardiner
1973
- Kojak as Elizabeth
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Felicia Martin
1971
- Great Performances as Ernestine King
1969
- J.T. as Mrs. Arnold