Holland Taylor
Acting
Born: Jan 14, 1943
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adele One Night Only | Self | 2021 | 7.762 |
| Twinkle Toes | Principal Garfield (voice) | 2011 | 6.0 |
| The Chosen One | Ruth | 2010 | 4.4 |
| Baby Mama | Rose | 2008 | 6.0 |
| Cinderella III: A Twist in Time | Prudence (voice) | 2007 | 6.5 |
| D.E.B.S. | Ms. Petrie | 2005 | 6.531 |
| The Wedding Date | Bunny | 2005 | 6.809 |
| Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Grandmother | 2003 | 5.14 |
| Cinderella II: Dreams Come True | Prudence (voice) | 2002 | 6.1 |
| Home Room | Dr. Hollander | 2002 | 6.774 |
| The Day Reagan Was Shot | Nancy Reagan | 2001 | 6.458 |
| Keeping the Faith | Bonnie Rose | 2000 | 6.089 |
| Mail to the Chief | Katherine Horner | 2000 | 5.818 |
| Happy Accidents | Therapist | 2000 | 6.834 |
| The Sex Monster | Muriel | 1999 | 5.153 |
| Next Stop Wonderland | Piper Castleton | 1998 | 5.9 |
| The Truman Show | Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair | 1998 | 8.151 |
| George of the Jungle | Beatrice Stanhope | 1997 | 5.658 |
| One Fine Day | Rita | 1996 | 6.471 |
| To Die For | Carol Stone | 1995 | 6.596 |
| How to Make an American Quilt | Mrs. Rubens | 1995 | 6.407 |
| Steal Big Steal Little | Mona Rowland-Downey | 1995 | 4.522 |
| Last Summer in the Hamptons | Davis Mora Axelrod | 1995 | 5.8 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester | Janice | 1995 | 7.438 |
| Cop & ½ | Captain Rubio | 1993 | 4.595 |
| Alice | Helen | 1990 | 6.384 |
| She's Having a Baby | Sarah Briggs | 1988 | 5.956 |
| Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson | Ernestine King | 1987 | 7.4 |
| The Jewel of the Nile | Gloria | 1985 | 6.21 |
| The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana | Frances Shand Kydd | 1982 | 5.5 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1943 |
| From | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |