Holland Taylor
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.
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Films (74)
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2026 · N
Fantasy Life
2026 · Dr. Greene
Motherland
2025 · Toni
Unachievable Sound of Silence
2024 · Thanks
The Little Pageant That Could
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Quiz Lady
2023 · Francine
Le Beau rôle
2020 · Barbara Cox
Bill et Ted sauvent l'univers
2020 · The Great Leader
À tous les garçons : P.S. Je t'aime toujours
2020 · Stormy
Scandale
2019 · Faye (uncredited)
Gloria Bell
2019 · Hillary Bell
Ann
2018 · Ann Richards, Writer
El Sueño de Kepler
2016 · Violet von Stern
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
2016
Twinkle Toes
2011 · Principal Garfield (voice)
The Chosen One
2010 · Ruth
Baby Mama
2008 · Rose
Le Sortilège de Cendrillon
2007 · Prudence (voice)
Espías Seductoras
2005 · Ms. Petrie
L'escorte
2005 · Bunny
Mission 3D: Spy kids 3
2003 · Grandmother
Spy Kids 2 - Espions en herbe
2002 · Grandmother
Home Room
2002 · Dr. Hollander
Cendrillon 2 : Une vie de princesse
2002 · Prudence (voice)
Fits and Starts
2002
Panique à la Maison Blanche
2001 · Nancy Reagan
La Revanche d'une blonde
2001 · Professor Stromwell
Potins mondains et amnésies partielles
2001 · Mistress of Ceremonies
The Deadly Look of Love
2000 · Evelyn McGinnis
Au nom d'Anna
2000 · Bonnie Rose
Mission secrète sur internet
2000 · Katherine Horner
The Spiral Staircase
2000 · Emma
Happy Accidents
2000 · Therapist
The Sex Monster
1999 · Muriel
The Unknown Cyclist
1998 · Celia (uncredited)
Next Stop Wonderland
1998 · Piper Castleton
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998 · Alanis Montclair
The Truman Show
1998 · Truman's Mother
George of the Jungle
1997 · Beatrice Stanhope
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997 · Self
Just Write
1997 · Emma Jeffreys
Betty
1997 · Crystal Ball
One Fine Day
1996 · Rita
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995 · Davis Mora Axelrod
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Mrs. Rubens
Steal Big Steal Little
1995 · Mona Rowland-Downey
To Die For
1995 · Carol Stone
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995 · Janice
Awake to Danger
1995 · Dr. Joyce Lindley
A Walton Wedding
1995 · Aunt Flo
The Favor
1994 · Maggie Sand
The Counterfeit Contessa
1994 · Wallace Everett
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994 · Florence Newsom
Betrayal of Trust
1994 · Mary Shelton
With Hostile Intent
1993 · Lois Baxter
Cop & ½
1993 · Captain Rubio
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991 · Dr. Greenway
Alice
1990 · Helen
People Like Us
1990 · Dolly
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Sarah Briggs
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987 · Ernestine King
The Saint in Manhattan
1987 · Fran Grogan
Perry Mason Returns
1985 · Paula Gordon
Key Exchange
1985 · Mrs. Fanshaw
The Jewel of the Nile
1985 · Gloria
Romancing the Stone
1984 · Gloria
I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982 · Dottie Birmingham
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
1982 · Frances Shand Kydd
My Mother Was Never a Kid
1981 · Felicia Martin
Fame
1980 · Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
O Youth and Beauty!
1979 · Beverly Trencher
The Sorrows of Gin
1979 · Beverly Trencher
The Next Man
1976 · TV Interviewer
J.T.
1971 · Mrs. Arnold
Séries (50)
Comme des frères
2026 · Ma Mac
Directrice
2021 · Joan Hambling
The Great North
2021 · Goldie (voice)
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020 · Self
Hollywood
2020 · Ellen Kincaid
Stars in the House
2020 · Self
La matinale
2019 · Cybil Richards
The Orville
2017 · Jeannie Mercer
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · Ida Silver
Sin Palabras
2016 · Andrea
The New Yorker Presents
2016 · Truman's Moher
Billions
2016 · Dr. Eleanor Mayer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
American Dad
2005 · Mrs. Dawson (voice)
Elles
2004 · Peggy Peabody
Mon oncle Charlie
2003 · Evelyn Harper
E!'s 101
2003 · Self
Fillmore!
2002 · Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
Monk
2002 · Peggy Davenport
Baby Bob
2002 · Madeline Collins
Strange Frequency
2001 · Marge Crowley
DAG
2000 · Kathering Twigg
Strong Medicine
2000 · Lillian Pynchon
Big Brother
2000 · Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
The Lot
1999 · Letitia DeVine
Hercules
1998 · Queen Myrrha (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Veronica's Closet
1997 · Millicent
Ally McBeal
1997 · Judge Roberta Kittleson
The Practice
1997 · Roberta Kittleson
The Naked Truth
1995 · Camilla Dane
ER
1994 · Phyllis Farr
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Agent Gretchen McCord
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993 · Dean Susan McMann
The Powers That Be
1992 · Margaret Powers
Going Places
1990
Wiseguy
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 · Fran Grogan
Harry
1987
Me & Mom
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Winifred Thayer
Kate & Allie
1984
Bosom Buddies
1980 · Ruth Dunbar
La croisière s'amuse
1977 · Kathy Brighton
Beacon Hill
1975 · Marilyn Gardiner
Kojak
1973 · Elizabeth
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Felicia Martin
Great Performances
1971 · Ernestine King
The Edge of Night
1956