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Holland Taylor
0 FOLLOWERS • 59 CREDITS • JAN 14, 1943 • 81
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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Diagnosis: Murder
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ER
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Big Brother
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Kojak
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Billions
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The Love Boat
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Murder, She Wrote
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Ally McBeal
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The L Word
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Monk
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Wiseguy
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The Morning Show
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Kate & Allie
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American Dad!
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The Great North
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The Wonderful World of Disney
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E!'s 101
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The New Yorker Presents
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The Practice
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The Orville
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CBS Summer Playhouse
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Saved by the Bell: The College Years
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DAG
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Bombshell
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Bill & Ted Face the Music
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
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To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
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To Die For
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The Wedding Date
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D.E.B.S.
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
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Hollywood
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Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
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The Chair
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Legally Blonde
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Gloria Bell
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Two and a Half Men
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George of the Jungle
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The Day Reagan Was Shot
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J.T.
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Mr. Mercedes
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The Lot
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The Truman Show
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She's Having a Baby
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The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
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Baby Bob
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Perry Mason Returns
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Quiz Lady
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With Hostile Intent
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In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
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Beacon Hill
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Mail to the Chief
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The Powers That Be
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The Edge of Night
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The Naked Truth
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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