Holland Taylor

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-01-14 (82 years old)

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 ...

Acting

2004

D.E.B.S.

as Ms. Petrie

1995

To Die For

as Carol Stone

1997

George of the Jungle

as Beatrice Stanhope

2000

Keeping the Faith

as Bonnie Rose

2000

Mail to the Chief

as Katherine Horner

1996

2000

Happy Accidents

as Therapist

2005

1990

Alice

as Helen

2008

Baby Mama

as Rose

2003

1993

Cop & ½

as Captain Rubio

1988

She's Having a Baby

as Sarah Briggs

1998

Next Stop Wonderland

as Piper Castleton

2002

1998

The Truman Show

as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair

2010

2007

1999

2001

2002

Home Room

as Dr. Hollander

1995

Steal Big Steal Little

as Mona Rowland-Downey

2011

Twinkle Toes

as Principal Garfield (voice)

2016

Electric City

as Voice Actor (voice)

1995

Last Summer in the Hamptons

as Davis Mora Axelrod

2000

The Deadly Look of Love

as Evelyn McGinnis

2001

Legally Blonde

as Professor Stromwell

1984

2025

Motherland

as Toni

2019

Bombshell

as Faye (uncredited)

1991

2023

Quiz Lady

as Francine

1979

The Sorrows of Gin

as Beverly Trencher

1994

The Counterfeit Contessa

as Wallace Everett

1980

Fame

as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)

1979

O Youth and Beauty!

as Beverly Trencher

1969

J.T.

as Mrs. Arnold

2016

Kepler's Dream

as Violet von Stern

1985

Perry Mason Returns

as Paula Gordon

1982

I Was a Mail Order Bride

as Dottie Birmingham

1997

Just Write

as Emma Jeffreys

1994

The Favor

as Maggie Sand

2019

Gloria Bell

as Hillary Bell

1997

Betty

as Crystal Ball

1998

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

as Alanis Montclair

1981

My Mother Was Never a Kid

as Felicia Martin

2018

Ann

as Ann Richards

2020

Bill & Ted Face the Music

as The Great Leader

2020

The Stand In

as Barbara Cox

1987

1990

1976

The Next Man

as TV Interviewer

1994

Betrayal of Trust

as Mary Shelton

1993

With Hostile Intent

as Lois Baxter

1998

The Unknown Cyclist

as Celia (uncredited)

1995

Awake to Danger

as Dr. Joyce Lindley

1985

Key Exchange

as Mrs. Fanshaw

1995

A Walton Wedding

as Aunt Flo

2001

Town & Country

as Mistress of Ceremonies

2024

The Little Pageant That Could

as Self (archive footage)

Production

2018

Ann

as Writer

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