Holland Taylor

ActorCrewWriter Jan 14 (age 83) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1956–2026 (70 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Truman Show

Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair

Film

Two and a Half Men

Evelyn Harper

Film

Legally Blonde

Professor Stromwell

Film

Bombshell

Faye (uncredited)

Film

To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

Stormy

Film

Romancing the Stone

Gloria

Film

The Wedding Date

Bunny

Film

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

Prudence (voice)

Filmography

Acting (123)

Movies (74)

Fantasy Life

2026

as Dr. Greene

Motherland

2025

as Toni

6.8

The Little Pageant That Could

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Quiz Lady

as Francine

Adele One Night Only

as Self

To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

2020

as Stormy

6.8

Bill & Ted Face the Music

as The Great Leader

The Stand In

as Barbara Cox

Bombshell

as Faye (uncredited)

Gloria Bell

as Hillary Bell

Ann

as Ann Richards

Divorce: The Greatest Hits

Kepler's Dream

as Violet von Stern

Electric City

as Voice Actor (voice)

6.5

Twinkle Toes

2011

as Principal Garfield (voice)

The Chosen One

as Ruth

Baby Mama

as Rose

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

as Prudence (voice)

The Wedding Date

as Bunny

D.E.B.S.

as Ms. Petrie

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003

as Grandmother

5.1

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

2002

as Prudence (voice)

6.1

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

as Grandmother

Home Room

as Dr. Hollander

Fits and Starts

Legally Blonde

as Professor Stromwell

6.8

Town & Country

2001

as Mistress of Ceremonies

4.5

The Day Reagan Was Shot

as Nancy Reagan

The Spiral Staircase

as Emma

Happy Accidents

as Therapist

Keeping the Faith

as Bonnie Rose

Mail to the Chief

as Katherine Horner

The Deadly Look of Love

as Evelyn McGinnis

The Sex Monster

as Muriel

The Truman Show

as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair

8.2

Next Stop Wonderland

1998

as Piper Castleton

5.9

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

1998

as Alanis Montclair

6.7

The Unknown Cyclist

1998

as Celia (uncredited)

George of the Jungle

as Beatrice Stanhope

Just Write

as Emma Jeffreys

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

as Self

Betty

as Crystal Ball

One Fine Day

as Rita

To Die For

as Carol Stone

Awake to Danger

as Dr. Joyce Lindley

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

as Mrs. Rubens

6.4

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

1995

as Janice

7.5

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995

as Davis Mora Axelrod

5.5

A Walton Wedding

1995

as Aunt Flo

Steal Big Steal Little

1995

as Mona Rowland-Downey

4.3

The Favor

1994

as Maggie Sand

4.8

The Counterfeit Contessa

1994

as Wallace Everett

5.6

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

as Florence Newsom

Betrayal of Trust

as Mary Shelton

With Hostile Intent

as Lois Baxter

Cop & ½

as Captain Rubio

The Rape of Doctor Willis

as Dr. Greenway

Alice

as Helen

People Like Us

as Dolly

She's Having a Baby

as Sarah Briggs

The Saint in Manhattan

1987

as Fran Grogan

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

1987

as Ernestine King

6.8

The Jewel of the Nile

as Gloria

Perry Mason Returns

as Paula Gordon

Key Exchange

as Mrs. Fanshaw

Romancing the Stone

as Gloria

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

1982

as Frances Shand Kydd

4.7

I Was a Mail Order Bride

1982

as Dottie Birmingham

5.6

My Mother Was Never a Kid

1981

as Felicia Martin

Fame

1980

as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)

The Sorrows of Gin

as Beverly Trencher

O Youth and Beauty!

as Beverly Trencher

The Next Man

as TV Interviewer

J.T.

as Mrs. Arnold

Television (49)

The Great North

as Goldie (voice)

The Chair

as Joan Hambling

Stars in the House

as Self

Hollywood

as Ellen Kincaid

The Morning Show

as Cybil Richards

The Orville

as Jeannie Mercer

Mr. Mercedes

as Ida Silver

Billions

as Dr. Eleanor Mayer

Speechless

as Andrea

The New Yorker Presents

2016

as Truman's Moher

6.8

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

American Dad!

2005

as Mrs. Dawson (voice)

The L Word

as Peggy Peabody

Two and a Half Men

as Evelyn Harper

Two and a Half Men

as Evelyn Harper

E!'s 101

as Self

Monk

as Peggy Davenport

Baby Bob

as Madeline Collins

Fillmore!

as Mrs. Cornwall (voice)

7.4

Big Brother

2000

as Self - Actress, 'Two & a ½ Men'

Strong Medicine

as Lillian Pynchon

DAG

as Kathering Twigg

The Lot

as Letitia DeVine

Hercules

as Queen Myrrha (voice)

6.9

The Practice

1997

as Judge Roberta Kittleson

7.6

Ally McBeal

1997

as Judge Roberta Kittleson

6.5

The Wonderful World of Disney

Veronica's Closet

as Millicent

The Naked Truth

as Camilla Dane

as Phyllis Farr

Diagnosis: Murder

as Agent Gretchen McCord

7.1

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

as Dean Susan McMann

The Powers That Be

as Margaret Powers

Going Places

Wiseguy

CBS Summer Playhouse

as Fran Grogan

Harry

Me & Mom

Murder, She Wrote

as Winifred Thayer

Kate & Allie

Bosom Buddies

as Ruth Dunbar

The Love Boat

as Kathy Brighton

Beacon Hill

as Marilyn Gardiner

Kojak

as Elizabeth

ABC Afterschool Special

as Felicia Martin

Great Performances

as Ernestine King

The Edge of Night

Brothers

as Ma Mac

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Unachievable Sound of Silence

2024

Thanks

Ann

2018

Writer

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