Holland Taylor
Acting
🎂 1943-01-14
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.
Cast credits(122)
Self
2015
Self
2014
Evelyn Harper
2003
Mrs. Dawson (voice)
2005
Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
2000
Ernestine King
1971
Judge Roberta Kittleson
1997
Peggy Davenport
2002
Goldie (voice)
2021
1984
Peggy Peabody
2004
Agent Gretchen McCord
1993
Winifred Thayer
1984
Dr. Eleanor Mayer
2016
Self
2020
Lillian Pynchon
2000
Jeannie Mercer
2017
Cybil Richards
2019
Felicia Martin
1972
Phyllis Farr
1994
Elizabeth
1973
1997
1987
Fran Grogan
1987
Kathy Brighton
1977
Andrea
2016
Ellen Kincaid
2020
Queen Myrrha (voice)
1998
Self
2003
Millicent
1997
Ida Silver
2017
Joan Hambling
2021
Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
2002
Ruth Dunbar
1980
Madeline Collins
2002
Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
1998
Dean Susan McMann
1993
1999
Camilla Dane
1995
Judge Roberta Kittleson
1997
Margaret Powers
1992
Kathering Twigg
2000
Professor Stromwell
2001
1990
Stormy
2020
Prudence (voice)
2002
Grandmother
2002
Grandmother
2003
Gloria
1984
Faye (uncredited)
2019
Prudence (voice)
2007
Beatrice Stanhope
1997
1985
Gloria
1985
Ma Mac
The Great Leader
2020
Ms. Petrie
2004
Carol Stone
1995
1987
Bunny
2005
Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
1980
Truman's Moher
2016
Rita
1996
Rose
2008
1956
Helen
1990
Sarah Briggs
1988
Barbara Cox
2020
Mrs. Rubens
1995
Ruth
2010
Francine
2023
Hillary Bell
2019
Marilyn Gardiner
1975
Self (archive footage)
2024
Bonnie Rose
2000
Captain Rubio
1993
Maggie Sand
1994
Paula Gordon
1985
Muriel
1999
Frances Shand Kydd
1982
Mistress of Ceremonies
2001
Self
2021
Alanis Montclair
1998
Therapist
2000
Emma Jeffreys
1997
Piper Castleton
1998
Self
1997
TV Interviewer
1976
Fran Grogan
1987
Dr. Hollander
2002
Wallace Everett
1994
Voice Actor (voice)
2016
Mrs. Fanshaw
1985
Mona Rowland-Downey
1995
Evelyn McGinnis
2000
Dolly
1990
Ernestine King
1987
Janice
1995
2025
Mary Shelton
1994
Dottie Birmingham
1982
Lois Baxter
1993
Beverly Trencher
1979
Violet von Stern
2016
Emma
2000
Nancy Reagan
2001
Davis Mora Axelrod
1995
Dr. Greenway
1991
Aunt Flo
1995
Mrs. Arnold
1969
Principal Garfield (voice)
2011
Celia (uncredited)
1998
Beverly Trencher
1979
Ann Richards
2018
Katherine Horner
2000
Florence Newsom
1994
Crystal Ball
1997
2002
Toni
2025
Felicia Martin
1981
Dr. Joyce Lindley
1995
2016
