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 · Adele One Night Only as Self
- 2021 · The Chair as Joan Hambling
- 2021 · The Great North as Goldie (voice)
- 2020 · The Stand In as Barbara Cox
- 2020 · Bill & Ted Face the Music as The Great Leader
- 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
- 2018 · Ann as Ann Richards
- 2017 · The Orville as Jeannie Mercer
- 2017 · Mr. Mercedes as Ida Silver
- 2016 · Kepler's Dream as Violet von Stern
- 2016 · Speechless as Andrea
- 2016 · The New Yorker Presents as Truman's Moher
- 2016 · Billions as Dr. Eleanor Mayer
- 2016 · Electric City as Voice Actor (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Simply Red: Backstage at 'Annie' with Lilla Crawford 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 · 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 · Home Room as Dr. Hollander
- 2002 · Baby Bob as Madeline Collins
- 2002 · Cinderella II: Dreams Come True as Prudence (voice)
- 2002 · Fits and Starts as
- 2001 · The Day Reagan Was Shot as Nancy Reagan
- 2001 · Legally Blonde as Professor Stromwell
- 2001 · Town & Country as Mistress of Ceremonies
- 2000 · DAG as Kathering Twigg
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Lillian Pynchon
- 2000 · The Deadly Look of Love as Evelyn McGinnis
- 2000 · Big Brother as Guest
- 2000 · Keeping the Faith as Bonnie Rose
- 2000 · The Spiral Staircase as Emma
- 2000 · Mail to the Chief as Katherine Horner
- 2000 · Happy Accidents as Therapist
- 1999 · The Lot as
- 1999 · The Sex Monster as Muriel
- 1998 · The Unknown Cyclist as Celia (uncredited)
- 1998 · Hercules as Queen Myrrha (voice)
- 1998 · Next Stop Wonderland as Piper Castleton
- 1998 · The Truman Show as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- 1998 · The Truman Show: Tru-Talk as Alanis Montclair
- 1997 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1997 · Veronica's Closet as Millicent
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as
- 1997 · George of the Jungle as Beatrice Stanhope
- 1997 · Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge Roberta Kittleson
- 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 · How to Make an American Quilt as Mrs. Rubens
- 1995 · Steal Big Steal Little as Mona Rowland-Downey
- 1995 · To Die For as Carol Stone
- 1995 · The Naked Truth as Camilla Dane
- 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 · ER as Phyllis Farr
- 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 · Diagnosis: Murder as Agent Gretchen McCord
- 1993 · Saved by the Bell: The College Years as Dean Susan McMann
- 1993 · With Hostile Intent as Lois Baxter
- 1993 · Cop and ½ as Captain Rubio
- 1992 · The Powers That Be as Margaret Powers
- 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 · Wiseguy as
- 1987 · CBS Summer Playhouse as Fran Grogan
- 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 · The Jewel of the Nile as Gloria
- 1985 · Me & Mom as
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Winifred Thayer
- 1984 · Romancing the Stone as Gloria
- 1984 · Kate & Allie 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
- 1980 · Bosom Buddies as Ruth Dunbar
- 1980 · Fame as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
- 1979 · O Youth and Beauty! as Beverly Trencher
- 1979 · The Sorrows of Gin 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
- Future · Motherland as
- 1969 · J.T. as Mrs. Arnold
- 1956 · The Edge of Night as