Holland Taylor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1943
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
N/A 2026
as N
Fantasy Life 2026
as Dr. Greene
Motherland 2025
as Toni
Unachievable Sound of Silence 2024
Thanks
The Little Pageant That Could 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Quiz Lady 2023
as Francine
The Stand In 2020
as Barbara Cox
Bill & Ted Face the Music 2020
as The Great Leader
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You 2020
as Stormy
Bombshell 2019
as Faye (uncredited)
Gloria Bell 2019
as Hillary Bell
Ann 2018
as Ann Richards, Writer
Kepler's Dream 2016
as Violet von Stern
- Divorce: The Greatest Hits
Divorce: The Greatest Hits 2016
Actor
Twinkle Toes 2011
as Principal Garfield (voice)
The Chosen One 2010
as Ruth
Baby Mama 2008
as Rose
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time 2007
as Prudence (voice)
D.E.B.S. 2005
as Ms. Petrie
The Wedding Date 2005
as Bunny
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 2003
as Grandmother
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 2002
as Grandmother
Home Room 2002
as Dr. Hollander
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True 2002
as Prudence (voice)
- Fits and Starts
Fits and Starts 2002
Actor
The Day Reagan Was Shot 2001
as Nancy Reagan
Legally Blonde 2001
as Professor Stromwell
Town & Country 2001
as Mistress of Ceremonies
The Deadly Look of Love 2000
as Evelyn McGinnis
Keeping the Faith 2000
as Bonnie Rose
The Spiral Staircase 2000
as Emma
Mail to the Chief 2000
as Katherine Horner
Happy Accidents 2000
as Therapist
The Sex Monster 1999
as Muriel
The Unknown Cyclist 1998
as Celia (uncredited)
Next Stop Wonderland 1998
as Piper Castleton
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk 1998
as Alanis Montclair
The Truman Show 1998
as Truman's Mother
George of the Jungle 1997
as Beatrice Stanhope
Who Is Henry Jaglom? 1997
as Self
Just Write 1997
as Emma Jeffreys
Betty 1997
as Crystal Ball
One Fine Day 1996
as Rita
Last Summer in the Hamptons 1995
as Davis Mora Axelrod
How to Make an American Quilt 1995
as Mrs. Rubens
Steal Big Steal Little 1995
as Mona Rowland-Downey
To Die For 1995
as Carol Stone
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester 1995
as Janice
Awake to Danger 1995
as Dr. Joyce Lindley
A Walton Wedding 1995
as Aunt Flo
The Favor 1994
as Maggie Sand
The Counterfeit Contessa 1994
as Wallace Everett
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness 1994
as Florence Newsom
Betrayal of Trust 1994
as Mary Shelton
- With Hostile Intent
With Hostile Intent 1993
as Lois Baxter
Cop & ½ 1993
as Captain Rubio
The Rape of Doctor Willis 1991
as Dr. Greenway
Alice 1990
as Helen
People Like Us 1990
as Dolly
She's Having a Baby 1988
as Sarah Briggs
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson 1987
as Ernestine King
The Saint in Manhattan 1987
as Fran Grogan
Perry Mason Returns 1985
as Paula Gordon
Key Exchange 1985
as Mrs. Fanshaw
The Jewel of the Nile 1985
as Gloria
Romancing the Stone 1984
as Gloria
I Was a Mail Order Bride 1982
as Dottie Birmingham
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982
as Frances Shand Kydd
My Mother Was Never a Kid 1981
as Felicia Martin
Fame 1980
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
O Youth and Beauty! 1979
as Beverly Trencher
The Sorrows of Gin 1979
as Beverly Trencher
The Next Man 1976
as TV Interviewer
J.T. 1971
as Mrs. Arnold
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