Holland Taylor
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Quiz Lady as Francine
- 2021 · The Chair as Joan Hambling
- 2021 · The Great North as Goldie (voice)
- 2020 · Hollywood as Ellen Kincaid
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2020 · To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You as Stormy
- 2019 · Bombshell as Faye (uncredited)
- 2019 · The Morning Show as Cybil Richards
- 2019 · Gloria Bell as Hillary Bell
- 2017 · The Orville as Jeannie Mercer
- 2017 · Mr. Mercedes as Ida Silver
- 2016 · Speechless as Andrea
- 2016 · The New Yorker Presents as Truman's Moher
- 2016 · Billions as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2007 · Cinderella III: A Twist in Time as Prudence (voice)
- 2005 · D.E.B.S. as Ms. Petrie
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mrs. Dawson (voice)
- 2005 · The Wedding Date as Bunny
- 2004 · The L Word as Peggy Peabody
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Evelyn Harper
- 2003 · Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Grandmother
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2002 · Fillmore! as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
- 2002 · Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Grandmother
- 2002 · Monk as Peggy Davenport
- 2002 · Cinderella II: Dreams Come True as Prudence (voice)
- 2001 · Legally Blonde as Professor Stromwell
- 2000 · DAG as Kathering Twigg
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Lillian Pynchon
- 2000 · Big Brother as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
- 2000 · Keeping the Faith as Bonnie Rose
- 1999 · The Lot as
- 1998 · Hercules as Queen Myrrha (voice)
- 1998 · The Truman Show as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- 1997 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1997 · Veronica's Closet as Millicent
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- 1997 · George of the Jungle as Beatrice Stanhope
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- 1995 · How to Make an American Quilt as Mrs. Rubens
- 1995 · To Die For as Carol Stone
- 1995 · The Naked Truth as Camilla Dane
- 1994 · ER as Phyllis Farr
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Agent Gretchen McCord
- 1993 · Saved by the Bell: The College Years as Dean Susan McMann
- 1992 · The Powers That Be as Margaret Powers
- 1987 · Wiseguy as
- 1987 · CBS Summer Playhouse as Fran Grogan
- 1985 · The Jewel of the Nile as Gloria
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Winifred Thayer
- 1984 · Romancing the Stone as Gloria
- 1984 · Kate & Allie as
- 1980 · Bosom Buddies as Ruth Dunbar
- 1980 · Fame as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Kathy Brighton
- 1973 · Kojak as Elizabeth
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Felicia Martin
- 1971 · Great Performances as Ernestine King
- 1956 · The Edge of Night as
- Future · Brother from Another Mother as Ma Mac
- 2025 · Fantasy Life as
- 2021 · Adele One Night Only as Self
- 2020 · The Stand In as Barbara Cox
- 2020 · Bill & Ted Face the Music as The Great Leader
- 2018 · Ann as Ann Richards
- 2016 · Kepler's Dream as Violet von Stern
- 2016 · Divorce: The Greatest Hits as
- 2016 · Electric City as Voice Actor (voice)
- 2011 · Twinkle Toes as Principal Garfield (voice)
- 2010 · The Chosen One as Ruth
- 2008 · Baby Mama as Rose
- 2002 · Home Room as Dr. Hollander
- 2002 · Baby Bob as Madeline Collins
- 2002 · Fits and Starts as
- 2001 · The Day Reagan Was Shot as Nancy Reagan
- 2001 · Town & Country as Mistress of Ceremonies
- 2000 · The Deadly Look of Love as Evelyn McGinnis
- 2000 · The Spiral Staircase as Emma
- 2000 · Mail to the Chief as Katherine Horner
- 2000 · Happy Accidents as Therapist
- 1999 · The Sex Monster as Muriel
- 1998 · The Unknown Cyclist as Celia (uncredited)
- 1998 · Next Stop Wonderland as Piper Castleton
- 1998 · The Truman Show: Tru-Talk as Alanis Montclair
- 1997 · Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
- 1997 · Just Write as Emma Jeffreys
- 1997 · Betty as Crystal Ball
- 1996 · One Fine Day as Rita
- 1995 · Last Summer in the Hamptons as Davis Mora Axelrod
- 1995 · Steal Big Steal Little as Mona Rowland-Downey
- 1995 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester as Janice
- 1995 · Awake to Danger as Dr. Joyce Lindley
- 1995 · A Walton Wedding as Aunt Flo
- 1994 · The Favor as Maggie Sand
- 1994 · The Counterfeit Contessa as Wallace Everett
- 1994 · In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness as Florence Newsom
- 1994 · Betrayal of Trust as Mary Shelton
- 1993 · With Hostile Intent as Lois Baxter
- 1993 · Cop & ½ as Captain Rubio
- 1991 · The Rape of Doctor Willis as Dr. Greenway
- 1990 · Alice as Helen
- 1990 · Going Places as
- 1990 · People Like Us as Dolly
- 1988 · She's Having a Baby as Sarah Briggs
- 1987 · Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson as Ernestine King
- 1987 · The Saint in Manhattan as Fran Grogan
- 1987 · Harry as
- 1985 · Perry Mason Returns as Paula Gordon
- 1985 · Key Exchange as Mrs. Fanshaw
- 1985 · Me & Mom as
- 1982 · I Was a Mail Order Bride as Dottie Birmingham
- 1982 · The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana as Frances Shand Kydd
- 1981 · My Mother Was Never a Kid as Felicia Martin
- 1979 · O Youth and Beauty! as Beverly Trencher
- 1979 · The Sorrows of Gin as Beverly Trencher
- 1976 · The Next Man as TV Interviewer
- 1975 · Beacon Hill as Marilyn Gardiner
- Future · Motherland as
- 1969 · J.T. as Mrs. Arnold