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