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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2025
Motherland
As: Toni
- 2023
Quiz Lady
As: Francine
- 2021
The Chair
As: Joan Hambling
- 2021
The Great North
As: Goldie (voice)
- 2020
The Stand In
As: Barbara Cox
- 2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
As: The Great Leader
- 2020
Hollywood
As: Ellen Kincaid
- 2020
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
As: Stormy
- 2019
Bombshell
As: Faye (uncredited)
- 2019
The Morning Show
As: Cybil Richards
- 2019
Gloria Bell
As: Hillary Bell
- 2018
Ann
As: Ann Richards
- 2017
The Orville
As: Jeannie Mercer
- 2017
Mr. Mercedes
As: Ida Silver
- 2016
Kepler's Dream
As: Violet von Stern
- 2016
Speechless
As: Andrea
- 2016
The New Yorker Presents
As: Truman's Moher
- 2016
Billions
As: Dr. Eleanor Mayer
- 2012
Electric City
As: Voice Actor (voice)
- 2011
Twinkle Toes
As: Principal Garfield (voice)
- 2010
The Chosen One
As: Ruth
- 2008
Baby Mama
As: Rose
- 2007
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
As: Prudence (voice)
- 2005
American Dad!
As: Mrs. Dawson (voice)
- 2005
The Wedding Date
As: Bunny
- 2004
D.E.B.S.
As: Ms. Petrie
- 2004
The L Word
As: Peggy Peabody
- 2003
Two and a Half Men
As: Evelyn Harper
- 2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
As: Grandmother
- 2002
Fillmore!
As: Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
- 2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
As: Grandmother
- 2002
Monk
As: Peggy Davenport
- 2002
Home Room
As: Dr. Hollander
- 2002
Baby Bob
As: Madeline Collins
- 2002
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
As: Prudence (voice)
- 2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot
As: Nancy Reagan
- 2001
Legally Blonde
As: Professor Stromwell
- 2001
Town & Country
As: Mistress of Ceremonies
- 2000
DAG
As: Kathering Twigg
- 2000
Strong Medicine
As: Lillian Pynchon
- 2000
The Deadly Look of Love
As: Evelyn McGinnis
- 2000
Keeping the Faith
As: Bonnie Rose
- 2000
Mail to the Chief
As: Katherine Horner
- 2000
The Spiral Staircase
As: Emma
- 2000
Happy Accidents
As: Therapist
- 1999
The Lot
As: Letitia DeVine
- 1999
The Sex Monster
As: Muriel
- 1998
The Unknown Cyclist
As: Celia (uncredited)
- 1998
Hercules
As: Queen Myrrha (voice)
- 1998
Next Stop Wonderland
As: Piper Castleton
- 1998
The Truman Show
As: Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
- 1997
Veronica's Closet
As: Millicent
- 1997
Ally McBeal
As: Judge Roberta Kittleson
- 1997
George of the Jungle
As: Beatrice Stanhope
- 1997
The Practice
As: Judge Roberta Kittleson
- 1997
Just Write
As: Emma Jeffreys
- 1997
Betty
As: Crystal Ball
- 1996
One Fine Day
As: Rita
- 1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons
As: Davis Mora Axelrod
- 1995
How to Make an American Quilt
As: Mrs. Rubens
- 1995
Steal Big Steal Little
As: Mona Rowland-Downey
- 1995
To Die For
As: Carol Stone
- 1995
The Naked Truth
As: Camilla Dane
- 1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
As: Janice
- 1995
Awake to Danger
As: Dr. Joyce Lindley
- 1995
A Walton Wedding
As: Aunt Flo
- 1994
ER
As: Phyllis Farr
- 1994
The Favor
As: Maggie Sand
- 1994
The Counterfeit Contessa
As: Wallace Everett
- 1994
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
As: Florence Newsom
- 1994
Betrayal of Trust
As: Mary Shelton
- 1993
Diagnosis: Murder
As: Agent Gretchen McCord
- 1993
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
As: Dean Susan McMann
- 1993
Cop & ½
As: Captain Rubio
- 1992
The Powers That Be
As: Margaret Powers
- 1991
The Rape of Doctor Willis
As: Dr. Greenway
- 1990
Alice
As: Helen
- 1990
People Like Us
As: Dolly
- 1988
She's Having a Baby
As: Sarah Briggs
- 1987
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
As: Ernestine King
- 1987
The Saint in Manhattan
As: Fran Grogan
- 1987
CBS Summer Playhouse
As: Fran Grogan
- 1985
Perry Mason Returns
As: Paula Gordon
- 1985
Key Exchange
As: Mrs. Fanshaw
- 1985
The Jewel of the Nile
As: Gloria
- 1984
Murder, She Wrote
As: Winifred Thayer
- 1984
Romancing the Stone
As: Gloria
- 1982
I Was a Mail Order Bride
As: Dottie Birmingham
- 1982
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
As: Frances Shand Kydd
- 1981
My Mother Was Never a Kid
As: Felicia Martin
- 1980
Bosom Buddies
As: Ruth Dunbar
- 1980
Fame
As: Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
- 1979
O Youth and Beauty!
As: Beverly Trencher
- 1979
The Sorrows of Gin
As: Beverly Trencher
- 1977
The Love Boat
As: Kathy Brighton
- 1976
The Next Man
As: TV Interviewer
- 1975
Beacon Hill
As: Marilyn Gardiner
- 1973
Kojak
As: Elizabeth
- 1972
ABC Afterschool Special
As: Felicia Martin
- 1971
Great Performances
As: Ernestine King
- 1969
J.T.
As: Mrs. Arnold