
Holland Taylor
Known for Acting · 123 credits
- Born
- 1943-01-14 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Holland Virginia Taylor · ホランド・テイラー
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (49)

American Dad!
2005
as Mrs. Dawson (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

Two and a Half Men
2003
as Evelyn Harper

Monk
2002
as Peggy Davenport

ER
1994
as Phyllis Farr

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Winifred Thayer

The Love Boat
1977
as Kathy Brighton

Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Agent Gretchen McCord

Billions
2016
as Dr. Eleanor Mayer

The Practice
1997
as Judge Roberta Kittleson

Great Performances
1971
as Ernestine King

The Orville
2017
as Jeannie Mercer

Big Brother
2000
as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'

Strong Medicine
2000
as Lillian Pynchon

The L Word
2004
as Peggy Peabody

The Morning Show
2019
as Cybil Richards

Mr. Mercedes
2017
as Ida Silver

The Great North
2021
as Goldie (voice)

Hercules
1998
as Queen Myrrha (voice)

Kojak
1973
as Elizabeth

Wiseguy
1987

Stars in the House
2020
as Self

Speechless
2016
as Andrea

Ally McBeal
1997
as Judge Roberta Kittleson

ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Felicia Martin

Kate & Allie
1984

The Naked Truth
1995
as Camilla Dane

Veronica's Closet
1997
as Millicent

The Wonderful World of Disney
1997

Fillmore!
2002
as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)

Bosom Buddies
1980
as Ruth Dunbar

Hollywood
2020
as Ellen Kincaid

The Chair
2021
as Joan Hambling
E!'s 101
2003
as Self

CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Fran Grogan

Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
as Dean Susan McMann

The Edge of Night
1956

DAG
2000
as Kathering Twigg

The Lot
1999
as Letitia DeVine

Baby Bob
2002
as Madeline Collins

Going Places
1990

The Powers That Be
1992
as Margaret Powers

Strange Frequency
2001
as Marge Crowley

The New Yorker Presents
2016
as Truman's Moher

Beacon Hill
1975
as Marilyn Gardiner
Harry
1987
Brothers
as Ma Mac
Me & Mom
1985
Movies (74)

The Truman Show
1998
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair

Legally Blonde
2001
as Professor Stromwell

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002
as Prudence (voice)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
as Grandmother

George of the Jungle
1997
as Beatrice Stanhope

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
2007
as Prudence (voice)

Bombshell
2019
as Faye (uncredited)

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
as Grandmother

Romancing the Stone
1984
as Gloria

Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
as The Great Leader

The Wedding Date
2005
as Bunny

To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
2020
as Stormy

The Jewel of the Nile
1985
as Gloria

To Die For
1995
as Carol Stone

Fame
1980
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)

D.E.B.S.
2005
as Ms. Petrie

One Fine Day
1996
as Rita

Baby Mama
2008
as Rose

The Sex Monster
1999
as Muriel

Keeping the Faith
2000
as Bonnie Rose

She's Having a Baby
1988
as Sarah Briggs

Town & Country
2001
as Mistress of Ceremonies

Just Write
1997
as Emma Jeffreys

Quiz Lady
2023
as Francine

Key Exchange
1985
as Mrs. Fanshaw

Alice
1990
as Helen

Gloria Bell
2019
as Hillary Bell

J.T.
1971
as Mrs. Arnold

The Stand In
2020
as Barbara Cox

How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Mrs. Rubens

The Favor
1994
as Maggie Sand

Cop & ½
1993
as Captain Rubio

Happy Accidents
2000
as Therapist

Motherland
2025
as Toni

Adele One Night Only
2021
as Self

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self

Fantasy Life
2026
as Dr. Greene

The Deadly Look of Love
2000
as Evelyn McGinnis

Perry Mason Returns
1985
as Paula Gordon

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
as Florence Newsom

Steal Big Steal Little
1995
as Mona Rowland-Downey

The Chosen One
2010
as Ruth

Tru-Talk
1998
as Alanis Montclair

Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as Piper Castleton

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
as Ernestine King

The Next Man
1976
as TV Interviewer

Twinkle Toes
2011
as Principal Garfield (voice)

The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Nancy Reagan

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
as Janice

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
1982
as Frances Shand Kydd

The Spiral Staircase
2000
as Emma

Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Davis Mora Axelrod

Mail to the Chief
2000
as Katherine Horner

People Like Us
1990
as Dolly

I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982
as Dottie Birmingham

The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Home Room
2002
as Dr. Hollander

The Unknown Cyclist
1998
as Celia (uncredited)

Kepler's Dream
2016
as Violet von Stern

Betty
1997
as Crystal Ball

The Counterfeit Contessa
1994
as Wallace Everett
With Hostile Intent
1993
as Lois Baxter

The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
as Dr. Greenway

A Walton Wedding
1995
as Aunt Flo

The Sorrows of Gin
1979
as Beverly Trencher

Awake to Danger
1995
as Dr. Joyce Lindley

The Saint in Manhattan
1987
as Fran Grogan
Fits and Starts
2002

O Youth and Beauty!
1979
as Beverly Trencher

N/A
2026
as N

Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Mary Shelton
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
2016

Ann
2018
as Ann Richards

My Mother Was Never a Kid
1981
as Felicia Martin
About 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).… With 123 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Holland Taylor has appeared in 74 films and 49 TV shows.
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- The Truman Show (1998) — as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- Legally Blonde (2001) — as Professor Stromwell
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) — as Prudence (voice)
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) — as Grandmother
- George of the Jungle (1997) — as Beatrice Stanhope
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