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