Holland Taylor
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
Acting
2004
asMs. Petrie
1995
asCarol Stone
1997
asBeatrice Stanhope
1985
asGloria
2000
asBonnie Rose
2000
asKatherine Horner
2000
asTherapist
1996
asRita
2005
asBunny
1995
asMrs. Rubens
1990
asHelen
2008
asRose
2003
asGrandmother
1993
asCaptain Rubio
1988
asSarah Briggs
1998
asPiper Castleton
2002
asPrudence (voice)
2021
asSelf
1998
asAngela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
2010
asRuth
2007
asPrudence (voice)
1999
asMuriel
2001
asNancy Reagan
2002
asDr. Hollander
1995
asMona Rowland-Downey
2011
asPrincipal Garfield (voice)
2016
asVoice Actor (voice)
1987
asErnestine King
1995
asDavis Mora Axelrod
1982
asFrances Shand Kydd
1995
asJanice
2000
asEvelyn McGinnis
2001
asProfessor Stromwell
1984
asGloria
2025
asToni
2019
asFaye (uncredited)
1991
asDr. Greenway
2023
asFrancine
1979
asBeverly Trencher
2002
as
1994
asWallace Everett
1980
asClaudia van Doren (uncredited)
2002
asGrandmother
1979
asBeverly Trencher
1969
asMrs. Arnold
2016
asViolet von Stern
1985
asPaula Gordon
1982
asDottie Birmingham
1997
asEmma Jeffreys
1994
asFlorence Newsom
1994
asMaggie Sand
2019
asHillary Bell
1997
asCrystal Ball
1998
asAlanis Montclair
2020
asStormy
1981
asFelicia Martin
2018
asAnn Richards
2020
asThe Great Leader
2020
asBarbara Cox
2000
asEmma
1987
asFran Grogan
1990
asDolly
1997
asSelf
1976
asTV Interviewer
2001
asMistress of Ceremonies
1985
asMrs. Fanshaw
1993
asLois Baxter
1994
asMary Shelton
1995
asAunt Flo
1995
asDr. Joyce Lindley
1998
asCelia (uncredited)
2016
as2025
as
2024
asSelf (archive footage)
asWinifred Thayer
as
asMrs. Dawson (voice)
asJudge Roberta Kittleson
asMrs. Cornwall (voice)
asPeggy Davenport
asDean Susan McMann
asEvelyn Harper
asRuth Dunbar
asPeggy Peabody
asElizabeth
asJudge Roberta Kittleson
as
asLillian Pynchon
asAgent Gretchen McCord
as
as
asPhyllis Farr
asCamilla Dane
asMargaret Powers
asMadeline Collins
as
asJoan Hambling
asKathering Twigg
asMarilyn Gardiner
asas 
asFelicia Martin
as asSelf
asSelf
asCybil Richards
asSelf
asQueen Myrrha (voice)
asTruman's Moher
asIda Silver
asJeannie Mercer
asGoldie (voice)
asSelf
asAndrea
asDr. Eleanor Mayer
asFran Grogan
asEllen Kincaid
asMillicent
asErnestine King
asKathy Brighton
asSelf - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
asMa Mac
Production
Crew
2024
asDirecting
