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