10.0
10.0
O Youth and Beauty!
1979
as Beverly Trencher
Holland Taylor
Also known as: Holland Virginia Taylor
Acting
Born:January 14, 1943(age 83)
Birthplace:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Bennington College, Westtown School, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, University of Santa Monica
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (66 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Sorrows of Gin
1979
as Beverly Trencher
8.2
8.2
The Truman Show
1998
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
7.5
7.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
as Janice
7.0
7.0
Perry Mason Returns
1985
as Paula Gordon
6.9
6.9
Motherland
2025
as Toni
6.8
6.8
Legally Blonde
2001
as Professor Stromwell
6.8
6.8
The Wedding Date
2005
as Bunny
6.8
6.8
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
2020
as Stormy
6.8
6.8
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
as Ernestine King
6.8
6.8
Happy Accidents
2000
as Therapist
6.8
6.8
Home Room
2002
as Dr. Hollander
6.8
6.8
Romancing the Stone
1984
as Gloria
6.7
6.7
Quiz Lady
2023
as Francine
6.7
6.7
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
1998
as Alanis Montclair
6.6
6.6
To Die For
1995
as Carol Stone
6.5
6.5
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
2007
as Prudence (voice)
6.5
6.5
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
1994
as Florence Newsom
6.5
6.5
D.E.B.S.
2005
as Ms. Petrie
6.4
6.4
One Fine Day
1996
as Rita
6.4
6.4
The Day Reagan Was Shot
2001
as Nancy Reagan
6.4
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Mrs. Rubens
6.4
6.4
Alice
1990
as Helen
6.2
6.2
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
as Gloria
6.1
6.1
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002
as Prudence (voice)
6.1
6.1
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Bonnie Rose
6.0
6.0
With Hostile Intent
1993
as Lois Baxter
6.0
6.0
Awake to Danger
1995
as Dr. Joyce Lindley
6.0
6.0
Gloria Bell
2019
as Hillary Bell
6.0
6.0
Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Mary Shelton
6.0
6.0
Twinkle Toes
2011
as Principal Garfield (voice)
6.0
6.0
Fantasy Life
2026
as Dr. Greene
6.0
6.0
Baby Mama
2008
as Rose
5.9
5.9
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Sarah Briggs
5.9
5.9
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
as The Great Leader
5.9
5.9
Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as Piper Castleton
5.7
5.7
Mail to the Chief
2000
as Katherine Horner
5.7
5.7
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
as Grandmother
5.6
5.6
The Counterfeit Contessa
1994
as Wallace Everett
5.6
5.6
I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982
as Dottie Birmingham
5.6
5.6
George of the Jungle
1997
as Beatrice Stanhope
5.5
5.5
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Davis Mora Axelrod
5.3
5.3
The Stand In
2020
as Barbara Cox
5.2
5.2
Just Write
1997
as Emma Jeffreys
5.2
5.2
The Sex Monster
1999
as Muriel
5.1
5.1
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
as Grandmother
5.1
5.1
The Spiral Staircase
2000
as Emma
5.0
5.0
Kepler's Dream
2016
as Violet von Stern
4.7
4.7
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
1982
as Frances Shand Kydd
4.5
4.5
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
as Dr. Greenway
4.4
4.4
The Chosen One
2010
as Ruth
4.4
4.4
Cop & ½
1993
as Captain Rubio
4.4
4.4
The Next Man
1976
as TV Interviewer
4.3
4.3
Steal Big Steal Little
1995
as Mona Rowland-Downey
4.3
4.3
People Like Us
1990
as Dolly
4.2
4.2
Key Exchange
1985
as Mrs. Fanshaw
4.0
4.0
Ann
2018
Writer
3.7
3.7
The Deadly Look of Love
2000
as Evelyn McGinnis
2.0
2.0
Betty
1997
as Crystal Ball
The Saint in Manhattan
1987
as Fran Grogan
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
2016
A Walton Wedding
1995
as Aunt Flo
J.T.
1969
as Mrs. Arnold
My Mother Was Never a Kid
1981
as Felicia Martin
Fits and Starts
2002
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