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
2026
- Brothers as Ma Mac
- N/A as N
- Fantasy Life as Dr. Greene
2025
- Motherland as Toni
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
- Hollywood as Ellen Kincaid
- Bill & Ted Face the Music as The Great Leader
- To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You as Stormy
- The Stand In as Barbara Cox
2019
- The Morning Show as Cybil Richards
- Bombshell as Faye (uncredited)
- Gloria Bell as Hillary Bell
2018
- Ann as Ann Richards
2017
- The Orville as Jeannie Mercer
- Mr. Mercedes as Ida Silver
2016
- Billions as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
- Speechless as Andrea
- The New Yorker Presents as Truman's Moher
- Divorce: The Greatest Hits
- Kepler's Dream as Violet von Stern
2015
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
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
- Fillmore! as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True as Prudence (voice)
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Grandmother
- Baby Bob as Madeline Collins
- Home Room as Dr. Hollander
- Fits and Starts
2001
- Legally Blonde as Professor Stromwell
- Strange Frequency as Marge Crowley
- 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
- DAG as Kathering Twigg
- Keeping the Faith as Bonnie Rose
- Happy Accidents as Therapist
- The Deadly Look of Love as Evelyn McGinnis
- Mail to the Chief as Katherine Horner
- The Spiral Staircase as Emma
1999
- The Lot as Letitia DeVine
- The Sex Monster as Muriel
1998
- The Truman Show as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- Hercules as Queen Myrrha (voice)
- The Truman Show: Tru-Talk as Alanis Montclair
- Next Stop Wonderland as Piper Castleton
- The Unknown Cyclist as Celia (uncredited)
1997
- The Practice as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- The Wonderful World of Disney
- Ally McBeal as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- Veronica's Closet as Millicent
- George of the Jungle as Beatrice Stanhope
- Betty as Crystal Ball
- Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
- Just Write as Emma Jeffreys
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
- Last Summer in the Hamptons as Davis Mora Axelrod
- Steal Big Steal Little as Mona Rowland-Downey
- A Walton Wedding as Aunt Flo
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester as Janice
- Awake to Danger as Dr. Joyce Lindley
1994
- ER as Phyllis Farr
- The Favor as Maggie Sand
- The Counterfeit Contessa as Wallace Everett
- Betrayal of Trust as Mary Shelton
- In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness as Florence Newsom
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Agent Gretchen McCord
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years as Dean Susan McMann
- Cop & ½ as Captain Rubio
- 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
- Going Places
- People Like Us as Dolly
1988
- She's Having a Baby as Sarah Briggs
1987
- Wiseguy
- CBS Summer Playhouse as Fran Grogan
- Harry
- Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as Ernestine King
- The Saint in Manhattan as Fran Grogan
1985
- The Jewel of the Nile as Gloria
- Perry Mason Returns as Paula Gordon
- Me & Mom
- Key Exchange as Mrs. Fanshaw
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Winifred Thayer
- Kate & Allie
- Romancing the Stone as Gloria
1982
- I Was a Mail Order Bride as Dottie Birmingham
- The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana as Frances Shand Kydd
1981
- My Mother Was Never a Kid as Felicia Martin
1980
- Bosom Buddies as Ruth Dunbar
- Fame as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
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
- J.T. as Mrs. Arnold