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