Holland Taylor
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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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.
Known for
Quiz Lady
Adele One Night Only
The Chair
The Great North
The Stand In
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Hollywood
Stars in the House
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Bombshell
The Morning Show
Gloria Bell
Ann
The Orville
Mr. Mercedes
Speechless
The New Yorker Presents
Billions
Electric City
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Simply Red: Backstage at 'Annie' with Lilla Crawford
Twinkle Toes
The Chosen One
Baby Mama
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
D.E.B.S.
American Dad!
The Wedding Date
The L Word
Two and a Half Men
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Fillmore!
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Monk
Home Room
Baby Bob
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Legally Blonde
Town & Country
DAG
Strong Medicine
The Deadly Look of Love
Keeping the Faith
The Spiral Staircase
Happy Accidents
The Lot
The Sex Monster
The Unknown Cyclist
Hercules
Next Stop Wonderland
The Truman Show
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
The Wonderful World of Disney
Ally McBeal
George of the Jungle
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
The Practice
Just Write
Betty
One Fine Day
Last Summer in the Hamptons
How to Make an American Quilt
Steal Big Steal Little
To Die For
The Naked Truth
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Awake to Danger
A Walton Wedding
ER
The Favor
The Counterfeit Contessa
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Betrayal of Trust
Diagnosis: Murder
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Cop and ½
The Powers That Be
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Alice
Going Places
People Like Us
She's Having a Baby
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Wiseguy
Perry Mason Returns
Key Exchange
The Jewel of the Nile
Murder, She Wrote
Romancing the Stone
Kate & Allie
I Was a Mail Order Bride
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
My Mother Was Never a Kid
Bosom Buddies
Fame
O Youth and Beauty!
The Sorrows of Gin
The Love Boat
The Next Man
Beacon Hill
Kojak
ABC Afterschool Special
Great Performances
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