Holland Taylor
Acting • Born 1943-01-14
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holland Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
122 credits
D.E.B.S.
Movie • 2005
Ms. Petrie
To Die For
Movie • 1995
Carol Stone
George of the Jungle
Movie • 1997
Beatrice Stanhope
The Jewel of the Nile
Movie • 1985
Gloria
Keeping the Faith
Movie • 2000
Bonnie Rose
Mail to the Chief
Movie • 2000
Katherine Horner
One Fine Day
Movie • 1996
Rita
Happy Accidents
Movie • 2000
Therapist
The Wedding Date
Movie • 2005
Bunny
How to Make an American Quilt
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Rubens
Alice
Movie • 1990
Helen
Baby Mama
Movie • 2008
Rose
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Movie • 2003
Grandmother
Cop & ½
Movie • 1993
Captain Rubio
She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Sarah Briggs
Next Stop Wonderland
Movie • 1998
Piper Castleton
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Movie • 2002
Prudence (voice)
Adele One Night Only
Movie • 2021
Self
The Truman Show
Movie • 1998
Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
The Chosen One
Movie • 2010
Ruth
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Movie • 2007
Prudence (voice)
The Sex Monster
Movie • 1999
Muriel
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Movie • 2001
Nancy Reagan
Home Room
Movie • 2002
Dr. Hollander
Steal Big Steal Little
Movie • 1995
Mona Rowland-Downey
Twinkle Toes
Movie • 2011
Principal Garfield (voice)
Electric City
Movie • 2012
Voice Actor (voice)
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Movie • 1987
Ernestine King
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Movie • 1995
Davis Mora Axelrod
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Movie • 1982
Frances Shand Kydd
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Movie • 1995
Janice
The Deadly Look of Love
Movie • 2000
Evelyn McGinnis
Legally Blonde
Movie • 2001
Professor Stromwell
Romancing the Stone
Movie • 1984
Gloria
Motherland
Movie • 2025
Toni
Bombshell
Movie • 2019
Faye (uncredited)
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Movie • 1991
Dr. Greenway
Quiz Lady
Movie • 2023
Francine
The Sorrows of Gin
Movie • 1979
Beverly Trencher
Fits and Starts
Movie • 2002
The Counterfeit Contessa
Movie • 1994
Wallace Everett
Fame
Movie • 1980
Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Movie • 2002
Grandmother
O Youth and Beauty!
Movie • 1979
Beverly Trencher
J.T.
Movie • 1971
Mrs. Arnold
Kepler's Dream
Movie • 2016
Violet von Stern
Perry Mason Returns
Movie • 1985
Paula Gordon
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Movie • 1982
Dottie Birmingham
Just Write
Movie • 1997
Emma Jeffreys
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Movie • 1994
Florence Newsom
The Favor
Movie • 1994
Maggie Sand
Gloria Bell
Movie • 2019
Hillary Bell
Betty
Movie • 1997
Crystal Ball
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Movie • 1998
Alanis Montclair
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Movie • 2020
Stormy
My Mother Was Never a Kid
Movie • 1981
Felicia Martin
Ann
Movie • 2018
Ann Richards
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Movie • 2020
The Great Leader
The Stand In
Movie • 2020
Barbara Cox
The Spiral Staircase
Movie • 2000
Emma
The Saint in Manhattan
Movie • 1987
Fran Grogan
People Like Us
Movie • 1990
Dolly
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Movie • 1997
Self
The Next Man
Movie • 1976
TV Interviewer
With Hostile Intent
Movie • 1993
Lois Baxter
Key Exchange
Movie • 1985
Mrs. Fanshaw
A Walton Wedding
Movie • 1995
Aunt Flo
Betrayal of Trust
Movie • 1994
Mary Shelton
Town & Country
Movie • 2001
Mistress of Ceremonies
Awake to Danger
Movie • 1995
Dr. Joyce Lindley
The Unknown Cyclist
Movie • 1998
Celia (uncredited)
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
Movie • 2016
Fantasy Life
Movie • 2026
Dr. Greene
The Little Pageant That Could
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Winifred Thayer
Kate & Allie
TV • 1984
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Mrs. Dawson (voice)
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Judge Roberta Kittleson
Fillmore!
TV • 2002
Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
Monk
TV • 2002
Peggy Davenport
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
TV • 1993
Dean Susan McMann
Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Evelyn Harper
Bosom Buddies
TV • 1980
Ruth Dunbar
The L Word
TV • 2004
Peggy Peabody
Kojak
TV • 1973
Elizabeth
The Practice
TV • 1997
Judge Roberta Kittleson
The Edge of Night
TV • 1956
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Lillian Pynchon
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Agent Gretchen McCord
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Going Places
TV • 1990
ER
TV • 1994
Phyllis Farr
The Naked Truth
TV • 1995
Camilla Dane
The Powers That Be
TV • 1992
Margaret Powers
Baby Bob
TV • 2002
Madeline Collins
The Lot
TV • 1999
Letitia DeVine
The Chair
TV • 2021
Joan Hambling
DAG
TV • 2000
Kathering Twigg
Beacon Hill
TV • 1975
Marilyn Gardiner
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1997
Harry
TV • 1987
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Felicia Martin
Me & Mom
TV • 1985
E!'s 101
TV • 2003
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Morning Show
TV • 2019
Cybil Richards
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Hercules
TV • 1998
Queen Myrrha (voice)
The New Yorker Presents
TV • 2016
Truman's Moher
Mr. Mercedes
TV • 2017
Ida Silver
The Orville
TV • 2017
Jeannie Mercer
The Great North
TV • 2021
Goldie (voice)
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Speechless
TV • 2016
Andrea
Billions
TV • 2016
Dr. Eleanor Mayer
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV • 1987
Fran Grogan
Hollywood
TV • 2020
Ellen Kincaid
Veronica's Closet
TV • 1997
Millicent
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Ernestine King
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Kathy Brighton
Big Brother
TV • 2000
Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
Brothers
TV
Ma Mac