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Holland Taylor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
Brothers
TV show Ma Mac
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2026
N/A
Movie N
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2026
Fantasy Life
Movie Dr. Greene
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2025
Motherland
Movie Toni
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2024
Unachievable Sound of Silence
Movie Thanks
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2024
The Little Pageant That Could
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Quiz Lady
Movie Francine
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2021
The Chair
TV show Joan Hambling
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2021
The Great North
TV show Goldie (voice)
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2020
The Stand In
Movie Barbara Cox
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2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Movie The Great Leader
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2020
Hollywood
TV show Ellen Kincaid
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2020
Stars in the House
TV show Self
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2020
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Movie Stormy
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2019
Bombshell
Movie Faye (uncredited)
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2019
The Morning Show
TV show Cybil Richards
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2019
Gloria Bell
Movie Hillary Bell
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2018
Ann
Movie Ann Richards
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2017
The Orville
TV show Jeannie Mercer
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2017
Mr. Mercedes
TV show Ida Silver
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2016
Kepler's Dream
Movie Violet von Stern
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2016
Speechless
TV show Andrea
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2016
The New Yorker Presents
TV show Truman's Moher
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2016
Billions
TV show Dr. Eleanor Mayer
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2011
Twinkle Toes
Movie Principal Garfield (voice)
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2010
The Chosen One
Movie Ruth
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2008
Baby Mama
Movie Rose
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2007
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Movie Prudence (voice)
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2005
American Dad!
TV show Mrs. Dawson (voice)
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2005
The Wedding Date
Movie Bunny
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2004
D.E.B.S.
Movie Ms. Petrie
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2004
The L Word
TV show Peggy Peabody
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2003
Two and a Half Men
TV show Evelyn Harper
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2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Movie Grandmother
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2003
E!'s 101
TV show Self
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2002
Fillmore!
TV show Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
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2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Movie Grandmother
