Holland Taylor
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.
Born: 14 January 1943
Played In
TV Show
Sep 2026
Brothers
Ma Mac
Movie
May 2026
N/A
N
Movie
Mar 2026
Fantasy Life
Dr. Greene
Movie
Sep 2025
Motherland
Toni
Movie
Jun 2024
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Sep 2023
Quiz Lady
Francine
Movie
Nov 2021
Adele One Night Only
Self
TV Show
Aug 2021
The Chair
Joan Hambling
TV Show
Jan 2021
The Great North
Goldie (voice)
Movie
Dec 2020
The Stand In
Barbara Cox
Movie
Aug 2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
The Great Leader
TV Show
May 2020
Hollywood
Ellen Kincaid
TV Show
Mar 2020
Stars in the House
Self
Movie
Feb 2020
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Stormy
Movie
Dec 2019
Bombshell
Faye (uncredited)
TV Show
Nov 2019
The Morning Show
Cybil Richards
Movie
Mar 2019
Gloria Bell
Hillary Bell
Movie
Jun 2018
Ann
Ann Richards
TV Show
Sep 2017
The Orville
Jeannie Mercer
TV Show
Aug 2017
Mr. Mercedes
Ida Silver
Movie
Oct 2016
Kepler's Dream
Violet von Stern
TV Show
Sep 2016
Speechless
Andrea
Movie
Sep 2016
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
TV Show
Feb 2016
The New Yorker Presents
Truman's Moher
TV Show
Jan 2016
Billions
Dr. Eleanor Mayer
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
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Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
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Oct 2011
Twinkle Toes
Principal Garfield (voice)
Movie
Sep 2010
The Chosen One
Ruth
Movie
Apr 2008
Baby Mama
Rose
Movie
Feb 2007
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Prudence (voice)
Movie
Mar 2005
D.E.B.S.
Ms. Petrie
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Feb 2005
American Dad!
Mrs. Dawson (voice)
Movie
Feb 2005
The Wedding Date
Bunny
TV Show
Jan 2004
The L Word
Peggy Peabody
TV Show
Sep 2003
Two and a Half Men
Evelyn Harper
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Jul 2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Grandmother
TV Show
Jul 2003
E!'s 101
Self
TV Show
Sep 2002
Fillmore!
Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
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Aug 2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Grandmother
TV Show
Jul 2002
Monk
Peggy Davenport
Movie
Apr 2002
Home Room
Dr. Hollander
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Mar 2002
Baby Bob
Madeline Collins
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Feb 2002
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Prudence (voice)
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Jan 2002
Fits and Starts
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Dec 2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Nancy Reagan
TV Show
Aug 2001
Strange Frequency
Marge Crowley
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Jul 2001
Legally Blonde
Professor Stromwell
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Apr 2001
Town & Country
Mistress of Ceremonies
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Nov 2000
DAG
Kathering Twigg
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Jul 2000
Strong Medicine
Lillian Pynchon
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Jul 2000
The Deadly Look of Love
Evelyn McGinnis
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Jul 2000
Big Brother
Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
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Apr 2000
Keeping the Faith
Bonnie Rose
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Apr 2000
Mail to the Chief
Katherine Horner
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Apr 2000
The Spiral Staircase
Emma
Movie
Jan 2000
Happy Accidents
Therapist
TV Show
Aug 1999
The Lot
Letitia DeVine
Movie
May 1999
The Sex Monster
Muriel
Movie
Oct 1998
The Unknown Cyclist
Celia (uncredited)
TV Show
Aug 1998
Hercules
Queen Myrrha (voice)
Movie
Aug 1998
Next Stop Wonderland
Piper Castleton
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Jun 1998
Tru-Talk
Alanis Montclair
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Jun 1998
The Truman Show
Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
TV Show
Sep 1997
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV Show
Sep 1997
Veronica's Closet
Millicent
TV Show
Sep 1997
Ally McBeal
Judge Roberta Kittleson
Movie
Jul 1997
George of the Jungle
Beatrice Stanhope
Movie
Jul 1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
TV Show
Mar 1997
The Practice
Judge Roberta Kittleson
Movie
Mar 1997
Just Write
Emma Jeffreys
Movie
Jan 1997
Betty
Crystal Ball
Movie
Dec 1996
One Fine Day
Rita
Movie
Nov 1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Davis Mora Axelrod
Movie
Oct 1995
How to Make an American Quilt
Mrs. Rubens
Movie
Sep 1995
Steal Big Steal Little
Mona Rowland-Downey
Movie
Sep 1995
To Die For
Carol Stone
TV Show
Sep 1995
The Naked Truth
Camilla Dane
Movie
Apr 1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Janice
Movie
Mar 1995
Awake to Danger
Dr. Joyce Lindley
Movie
Feb 1995
A Walton Wedding
Aunt Flo
TV Show
Sep 1994
ER
Phyllis Farr
Movie
Apr 1994
The Favor
Maggie Sand
Movie
Apr 1994
The Counterfeit Contessa
Wallace Everett
Movie
Jan 1994
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Florence Newsom
Movie
Jan 1994
Betrayal of Trust
Mary Shelton
TV Show
Oct 1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Agent Gretchen McCord
TV Show
May 1993
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Dean Susan McMann
Movie
May 1993
With Hostile Intent
Lois Baxter
Movie
Apr 1993
Cop & ½
Captain Rubio
TV Show
Mar 1992
The Powers That Be
Margaret Powers
Movie
Nov 1991
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Dr. Greenway
Movie
Dec 1990
Alice
Helen
TV Show
Sep 1990
Going Places
Movie
May 1990
People Like Us
Dolly
Movie
Feb 1988
She's Having a Baby
Sarah Briggs
Movie
Nov 1987
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Ernestine King
TV Show
Sep 1987
Wiseguy
Movie
Jun 1987
The Saint in Manhattan
Fran Grogan
TV Show
Jun 1987
CBS Summer Playhouse
Fran Grogan
TV Show
Mar 1987
Harry
Movie
Dec 1985
Perry Mason Returns
Paula Gordon
Movie
Aug 1985
Key Exchange
Mrs. Fanshaw
Movie
Aug 1985
The Jewel of the Nile
Gloria
TV Show
Apr 1985
Me & Mom
TV Show
Sep 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Winifred Thayer
Movie
Mar 1984
Romancing the Stone
Gloria
TV Show
Mar 1984
Kate & Allie
Movie
Dec 1982
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Dottie Birmingham
Movie
Sep 1982
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Frances Shand Kydd
Movie
Mar 1981
My Mother Was Never a Kid
Felicia Martin
TV Show
Nov 1980
Bosom Buddies
Ruth Dunbar
Movie
May 1980
Fame
Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
Movie
Oct 1979
O Youth and Beauty!
Beverly Trencher
Movie
Oct 1979
The Sorrows of Gin
Beverly Trencher
TV Show
Sep 1977
The Love Boat
Kathy Brighton
Movie
Nov 1976
The Next Man
TV Interviewer
TV Show
Aug 1975
Beacon Hill
Marilyn Gardiner
TV Show
Oct 1973
Kojak
Elizabeth
TV Show
Oct 1972
ABC Afterschool Special
Felicia Martin
Movie
Dec 1971
J.T.
Mrs. Arnold
TV Show
Jan 1971
Great Performances
Ernestine King
TV Show
Apr 1956
The Edge of Night