Holland Taylor
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-01-14
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Holland Taylor
Biography
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.
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To Die For
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George of the Jungle
Jul 15, 1997
The Jewel of the Nile
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Keeping the Faith
Apr 14, 2000
Mail to the Chief
Apr 02, 2000
One Fine Day
Dec 20, 1996
Happy Accidents
Jan 25, 2000
The Wedding Date
Feb 04, 2005
How to Make an American Quilt
Oct 06, 1995
Alice
Dec 25, 1990
Baby Mama
Apr 25, 2008
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Jul 25, 2003
Cop & ½
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She's Having a Baby
Feb 05, 1988
Next Stop Wonderland
Aug 21, 1998
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Feb 23, 2002
Adele One Night Only
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The Truman Show
Jun 04, 1998
The Chosen One
Sep 03, 2010
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Feb 06, 2007
The Sex Monster
May 15, 1999
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Dec 09, 2001
Home Room
Apr 12, 2002
Steal Big Steal Little
Sep 29, 1995
Twinkle Toes
Oct 15, 2011
Electric City
Jan 07, 2016
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Nov 06, 1987
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Nov 22, 1995
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Sep 20, 1982
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Apr 10, 1995
The Deadly Look of Love
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Legally Blonde
Jul 13, 2001
Romancing the Stone
Mar 30, 1984
Motherland
Mar 14, 2025
Bombshell
Dec 13, 2019
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Nov 03, 1991
Quiz Lady
Sep 09, 2023
The Sorrows of Gin
Oct 24, 1979
Fits and Starts
Jan 01, 2002
The Counterfeit Contessa
Apr 04, 1994
Fame
May 16, 1980
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Aug 07, 2002
O Youth and Beauty!
Oct 31, 1979
J.T.
Dec 13, 1969
Kepler's Dream
Oct 07, 2016
Perry Mason Returns
Dec 01, 1985
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Dec 14, 1982
Just Write
Mar 01, 1997
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Jan 16, 1994
The Favor
Apr 29, 1994
Gloria Bell
Mar 07, 2019
Betty
Jan 01, 1997
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Jan 01, 1998
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Feb 03, 2020
My Mother Was Never a Kid
Mar 18, 1981
Ann
Jun 14, 2018
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Aug 27, 2020
The Stand In
Dec 03, 2020
The Spiral Staircase
Apr 02, 2000
The Saint in Manhattan
Jun 12, 1987
People Like Us
May 13, 1990
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Jul 08, 1997
The Next Man
Nov 10, 1976
With Hostile Intent
May 11, 1993
Key Exchange
Aug 14, 1985
A Walton Wedding
Feb 12, 1995
Betrayal of Trust
Jan 03, 1994
Town & Country
Apr 27, 2001
Awake to Danger
Mar 12, 1995
The Unknown Cyclist
Oct 10, 1998
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
Sep 06, 2016
Fantasy Life
Mar 08, 2025
The Little Pageant That Could
Jun 13, 2024
Murder, She Wrote
Sep 30, 1984
Kate & Allie
Mar 19, 1984
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Ally McBeal
Sep 08, 1997
Fillmore!
Sep 14, 2002
Monk
Jul 12, 2002
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
May 22, 1993
Two and a Half Men
Sep 22, 2003
Bosom Buddies
Nov 27, 1980
The L Word
Jan 18, 2004
Kojak
Oct 24, 1973
The Practice
Mar 04, 1997
The Edge of Night
Apr 02, 1956
Strong Medicine
Jul 23, 2000
Diagnosis: Murder
Oct 29, 1993
Wiseguy
Sep 16, 1987
Going Places
Sep 21, 1990
ER
Sep 19, 1994
The Naked Truth
Sep 13, 1995
The Powers That Be
Mar 07, 1992
Baby Bob
Mar 18, 2002
The Lot
Aug 19, 1999
The Chair
Aug 20, 2021
DAG
Nov 14, 2000
Beacon Hill
Aug 25, 1975
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sep 28, 1997
Harry
Mar 04, 1987
ABC Afterschool Special
Oct 04, 1972
Me & Mom
Apr 05, 1985
E!'s 101
Jul 13, 2003
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Morning Show
Nov 01, 2019
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Hercules
Aug 31, 1998
The New Yorker Presents
Feb 16, 2016
Mr. Mercedes
Aug 09, 2017
The Orville
Sep 10, 2017
The Great North
Jan 03, 2021
Stars in the House
Mar 16, 2020
Speechless
Sep 21, 2016
Billions
Jan 17, 2016
CBS Summer Playhouse
Jun 12, 1987
Hollywood
May 01, 2020
Veronica's Closet
Sep 25, 1997
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
The Love Boat
Sep 24, 1977
Big Brother
Jul 05, 2000