Holland Taylor
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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 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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Known For
Diagnosis: Murder
ER
Big Brother
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Kojak
Billions
The Love Boat
Murder, She Wrote
Ally McBeal
The L Word
Monk
Wiseguy
The Morning Show
Kate & Allie
American Dad!
The Great North
The Wonderful World of Disney
E!'s 101
The Practice
The New Yorker Presents
The Orville
CBS Summer Playhouse
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
DAG
Bombshell
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
To Die For
Hollywood
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
The Wedding Date
D.E.B.S.
Gloria Bell
Legally Blonde
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Two and a Half Men
The Chair
George of the Jungle
The Day Reagan Was Shot
J.T.
Mr. Mercedes
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
The Lot
The Truman Show
She's Having a Baby
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Baby Bob
Quiz Lady
With Hostile Intent
Perry Mason Returns
Beacon Hill
Mail to the Chief
The Powers That Be
The Naked Truth
The Edge of Night
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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