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Holland Taylor

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 01/14/1943 (81) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
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Holland 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) and she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her portrayal of Evelyn Harper on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men (2003–15). 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 2017 she played ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her ...

The Wedding Date

PG-13

2005 | 3.4/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, but while there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just looks. ...

Legally Blonde

PG-13

2001 | 3.4/5 | 1h 36min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house. ...

Two and a Half Men

TV-14

2003 | 3.7/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
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A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.� ...

The Practice

TV-G

1997 | 3.9/5 | 44min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Holland Taylor

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Movies with Holland Taylor as Actress(68)

2023 Quiz Lady
as herself2021 Adele One Night Only
as Barbara Cox2020 The Stand In
as The Great Leader2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music
as Stormy2020 To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
as Faye (uncredited)2019 Bombshell
as Hillary Bell2019 Gloria Bell
as Ruth Orwell2012 Electric City
as Principal Garfield (voice)2011 Twinkle Toes
as Ruth2010 The Chosen One
as Rose2008 Baby Mama
as Prudence (voice)2007 Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
as Bunny2005 The Wedding Date
as Mrs. Petrie2004 D.E.B.S.
as Grandmother2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Dr. Hollander2002 Home Room
2002 Fits and Starts
as Prudence (voice)2002 Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
as Grandmother2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Nancy Reagan2001 The Day Reagan Was Shot
as Mistress of Ceremonies2001 Town & Country
as Marge Crowley (segment "Room Service")2001 Strange Frequency
as Professor Stromwell2001 Legally Blonde
as Bonnie Rose2000 Keeping the Faith
as Therapist2000 Happy Accidents
as Emma2000 The Spiral Staircase
as Evelyn McGinnis2000 The Deadly Look of Love
as Katherine Horner2000 Mail To The Chief
as Muriel1999 The Sex Monster
as Alanis Montclair1998 TruTalk
as Celia (uncredited)1998 The Unknown Cyclist
as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair1998 The Truman Show
as Piper Castleton1998 Next Stop Wonderland
as Beatrice Stanhope1997 George of the Jungle
as herself1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Emma Jeffreys1997 Just Write
as Crystal Ball1997 Betty
as Rita1996 One Fine Day
as Mrs. Rubens1995 How to Make an American Quilt
as Janice1995 Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
as Dr. Joyce Lindley1995 Awake to Danger
as Carol Stone1995 To Die For
as Mona Rowland-Downey1995 Steal Big Steal Little
as Davis Mora Axelrod1995 Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Maggie Sand1994 The Favor
as Florence Newsom1994 In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
as Mary Shelton1994 Betrayal of Trust
as Wallace Everett1994 The Counterfeit Contessa
as Lois Baxter1993 With Hostile Intent
as Captain Rubio1993 Cop and ½
as Dr. Greenway1991 The Rape of Doctor Willis
as Dolly1990 People Like Us
as Helen1990 Alice
as Sarah Briggs1988 She's Having a Baby
as Ernestine King1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
as Fran Grogan1987 The Saint in Manhattan
as Paula Gordon1985 Perry Mason Returns
as Mrs. Fanshaw1985 Key Exchange
as Gloria1985 The Jewel of the Nile
as Gloria1984 Romancing the Stone
as Dottie Birmingham1982 I Was a Mail Order Bride
as Frances Shand Kydd1982 The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
as Felicia Martin1981 My Mother Was Never a Kid
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)1980 Fame
as Beverly Trencher1979 O Youth and Beauty!
as Beverly Trencher1979 The Sorrows of Gin
as TV Interviewer1976 The Next Man
as Mrs. Arnold1969 J.T.

TV Shows/Series with Holland Taylor as Actress(41)

as Joan Hambling2021 The Chair
as Goldie (voice)2021 The Great North
as Ellen Kincaid2020 Hollywood
as Cybil Richards2019 The Morning Show
as Jeannie Mercer2017 The Orville
as Ida Silver2017 Mr. Mercedes
as Truman's Moher2016 The New Yorker Presents
as herself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as herself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Mrs. Dawson (voice)2005 American Dad!
as Peggy Peabody2004 The L Word
as Evelyn Harper2003 Two and a Half Men
as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)2002 Fillmore!
as Madeline Collins2002 Baby Bob
2002 Monk
2000 DAG
2000 Strong Medicine
1999 The Lot
as Queen Myrrha (voice)1998 Hercules
1997 The Practice
1997 The Wonderful World of Disney
1997 Ally McBeal
as Camilla Dane1995 The Naked Truth
as Phyllis Farr1994 ER
1993 Saved by the Bell: The College Years
as Dean Susan McMann1993 Saved by the Bell: The College Years
as Agent Gretchen McCord1993 Diagnosis: Murder
as Margaret Powers1992 The Powers That Be
1990 Going Places
1987 Wiseguy
as Fran Grogan1987 CBS Summer Playhouse
1985 Me & Mom
as Winifred Thayer1984 Murder, She Wrote
1984 Kate & Allie
as Ruth Dunbar1980 Bosom Buddies
1977 The Love Boat
1975 Beacon Hill
as Elizabeth1973 Kojak
as Felicia Martin1972 ABC Afterschool Special
as Ernestine King1971 Great Performances
1956 The Edge of Night

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Full Name: Holland Taylor
Born: Thursday, 01/14 1943 (January) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 81 years + 101 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Bennington College, Westtown School, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Other names for Holland Taylor (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Holland Virginia Taylor"
Holland Taylor frequently works together with these people:
Kevin Michael Richardson (35x, Actor)
Mike Barker (34x, Actor)
Paget Brewster (25x, Actress)
Chris Diamantopoulos (23x, Actor)
Fred Tatasciore (17x, Actor)
Jill Talley (16x, Actress)
Mike Henry (16x, Actor)
John DiMaggio (15x, Actor)
Robert Rodriguez (15x, Crew)
Alan Tudyk (14x, Actor)
David Herman (13x, Actor)
Andy Richter (13x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2120, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024