Holland Taylor
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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
The Truman Show (1998)
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
Legally Blonde (2001)
as Professor Stromwell
George of the Jungle (1997)
as Beatrice Stanhope
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
as Prudence (voice)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
as Grandmother
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
as Grandmother
Romancing the Stone (1984)
as Gloria
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020)
as Stormy
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
as Gloria
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007)
as Prudence (voice)
D.E.B.S. (2005)
as Ms. Petrie
Bombshell (2019)
as Faye (uncredited)
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
as The Great Leader
The Wedding Date (2005)
as Bunny
To Die For (1995)
as Carol Stone
Quiz Lady (2023)
as Francine
Fame (1980)
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
One Fine Day (1996)
as Rita
Baby Mama (2008)
as Rose
Alice (1990)
as Helen
She's Having a Baby (1988)
as Sarah Briggs
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Mrs. Rubens
The Stand In (2020)
as Barbara Cox
Keeping the Faith (2000)
as Bonnie Rose
Happy Accidents (2000)
as Therapist
Gloria Bell (2019)
as Hillary Bell
The Favor (1994)
as Maggie Sand
The Sex Monster (1999)
as Muriel
Town & Country (2001)
as Mistress of Ceremonies
Cop & ½ (1993)
as Captain Rubio
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994)
as Florence Newsom
Motherland (2025)
as Toni
The Chosen One (2010)
as Ruth
Home Room (2002)
as Dr. Hollander
Fantasy Life (2026)
as Dr. Greene
Tru-Talk (1998)
as Alanis Montclair
Perry Mason Returns (1985)
as Paula Gordon
People Like Us (1990)
as Dolly
Just Write (1997)
as Emma Jeffreys
Adele One Night Only (2021)
as Self
The Next Man (1976)
as TV Interviewer
Key Exchange (1985)
as Mrs. Fanshaw
The Little Pageant That Could (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Deadly Look of Love (2000)
as Evelyn McGinnis
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995)
as Janice
Twinkle Toes (2011)
as Principal Garfield (voice)
The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991)
as Dr. Greenway
Steal Big Steal Little (1995)
as Mona Rowland-Downey
The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
as Nancy Reagan
Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
as Piper Castleton
A Walton Wedding (1995)
as Aunt Flo
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982)
as Frances Shand Kydd
Mail to the Chief (2000)
as Katherine Horner
Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
as Davis Mora Axelrod
J.T. (1971)
as Mrs. Arnold
Awake to Danger (1995)
as Dr. Joyce Lindley
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987)
as Ernestine King
O Youth and Beauty! (1979)
as Beverly Trencher
Betty (1997)
as Crystal Ball
With Hostile Intent (1993)
as Lois Baxter
The Saint in Manhattan (1987)
as Fran Grogan
Kepler's Dream (2016)
as Violet von Stern
The Unknown Cyclist (1998)
as Celia (uncredited)
Betrayal of Trust (1994)
as Mary Shelton
I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982)
as Dottie Birmingham
The Counterfeit Contessa (1994)
as Wallace Everett
Divorce: The Greatest Hits (2016)
Actor
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
The Spiral Staircase (2000)
as Emma
The Sorrows of Gin (1979)
as Beverly Trencher
Fits and Starts (2002)
Actor
Ann (2018)
as Ann Richards
My Mother Was Never a Kid (1981)
as Felicia Martin
N/A (2026)
as N