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