Cast & creator
Holland Taylor
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, American Dad!
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.
Also known as: Holland Virginia Taylor, ホランド・テイラー
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1956–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (124)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
American Dad!
Mrs. Dawson (voice)
2005
Two and a Half Men
Evelyn Harper
2003
Monk
Peggy Davenport
2002
Big Brother
Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'
2000
Diagnosis: Murder
Agent Gretchen McCord
1993
The Love Boat
Kathy Brighton
1977
ER
Phyllis Farr
1994
Great Performances
Ernestine King
1971
Murder, She Wrote
Winifred Thayer
1984
The Practice
Roberta Kittleson
1997
The Orville
Jeannie Mercer
2017
Billions
Dr. Eleanor Mayer
2016
Strong Medicine
Lillian Pynchon
2000
The Morning Show
Cybil Richards
2019
Brothers
Ma Mac
2026
The Great North
Goldie (voice)
2021
Hercules
Queen Myrrha (voice)
1998
Stars in the House
Self
2020
The L Word
Peggy Peabody
2004
ABC Afterschool Special
Felicia Martin
1972
Speechless
Andrea
2016
Ally McBeal
Judge Roberta Kittleson
1997
Kojak
Elizabeth
1973
Wiseguy
1987
The Truman Show
Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
1998
The Naked Truth
Camilla Dane
1995
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Mr. Mercedes
Ida Silver
2017
Kate & Allie
1984
Veronica's Closet
Millicent
1997
Legally Blonde
Professor Stromwell
2001
Fillmore!
Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
2002
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Dean Susan McMann
1993
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Prudence (voice)
2007
Romancing the Stone
Gloria
1984
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Grandmother
2002
Bosom Buddies
Ruth Dunbar
1980
Hollywood
Ellen Kincaid
2020
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Prudence (voice)
2002
George of the Jungle
Beatrice Stanhope
1997
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Grandmother
2003
The Chair
Joan Hambling
2021
Bombshell
Faye (uncredited)
2019
Quiz Lady
Francine
2023
The Edge of Night
1956E!'s 101
Self
2003
The Jewel of the Nile
Gloria
1985
The Powers That Be
Margaret Powers
1992
CBS Summer Playhouse
Fran Grogan
1987
DAG
Kathering Twigg
2000
Bill & Ted Face the Music
The Great Leader
2020
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Stormy
2020
Strange Frequency
Marge Crowley
2001
To Die For
Carol Stone
1995
Baby Bob
Madeline Collins
2002
The Lot
Letitia DeVine
1999
The Wedding Date
Bunny
2005
D.E.B.S.
Ms. Petrie
2005
The Stand In
Barbara Cox
2020
Gloria Bell
Hillary Bell
2019
One Fine Day
Rita
1996
The New Yorker Presents
Truman's Moher
2016
Going Places
1990
Fame
Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
1980
How to Make an American Quilt
Mrs. Rubens
1995
The Sex Monster
Muriel
1999
Beacon Hill
Marilyn Gardiner
1975
Keeping the Faith
Bonnie Rose
2000
Baby Mama
Rose
2008
She's Having a Baby
Sarah Briggs
1988
Alice
Helen
1990Harry
1987
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
1997
Home Room
Dr. Hollander
2002
Town & Country
Mistress of Ceremonies
2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Nancy Reagan
2001
The Favor
Maggie Sand
1994
Happy Accidents
Therapist
2000
Cop & ½
Captain Rubio
1993
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
2024
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Dottie Birmingham
1982
Twinkle Toes
Principal Garfield (voice)
2011
Mail to the Chief
Katherine Horner
2000
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Alanis Montclair
1998
Motherland
Toni
2025
Fantasy Life
Dr. Greene
2026Me & Mom
1985
Perry Mason Returns
Paula Gordon
1985
Just Write
Emma Jeffreys
1997
People Like Us
Dolly
1990
The Deadly Look of Love
Evelyn McGinnis
2000
Steal Big Steal Little
Mona Rowland-Downey
1995
J.T.
Mrs. Arnold
1971
N/A
N
2026
The Next Man
TV Interviewer
1976
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Davis Mora Axelrod
1995
The Unknown Cyclist
Celia (uncredited)
1998
The Chosen One
Ruth
2010
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Ernestine King
1987
The Saint in Manhattan
Fran Grogan
1987
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Dr. Greenway
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Janice
1995Divorce: The Greatest Hits
2016
Betty
Crystal Ball
1997
O Youth and Beauty!
Beverly Trencher
1979
The Counterfeit Contessa
Wallace Everett
1994
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Frances Shand Kydd
1982
Next Stop Wonderland
Piper Castleton
1998
Key Exchange
Mrs. Fanshaw
1985
Unachievable Sound of Silence
Thanks
2024
My Mother Was Never a Kid
Felicia Martin
1981
Awake to Danger
Dr. Joyce Lindley
1995
The Sorrows of Gin
Beverly Trencher
1979
Kepler's Dream
Violet von Stern
2016
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Florence Newsom
1994
A Walton Wedding
Aunt Flo
1995Fits and Starts
2002
Betrayal of Trust
Mary Shelton
1994
The Spiral Staircase
Emma
2000With Hostile Intent
Lois Baxter
1993
Ann
Ann Richards
2018Ann
Writer
2018