Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born January 14, 1943
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.
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as Ma Mac
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2023
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2021
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2020
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2020
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2020
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2020
as Self
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2020
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2019
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2019
as Cybil Richards
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2019
as Hillary Bell
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2018
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2017
as Jeannie Mercer
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2017
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2016
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2016
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Divorce: The Greatest Hits
2016
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2016
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2011
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2010
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2008
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2007
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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1999
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1999
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1998
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1998
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1998
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1998
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1998
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1996
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1994
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1994
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1994
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1994
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1994
as Mary Shelton
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1993
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TVSaved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
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1993
as Lois Baxter
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1993
as Captain Rubio
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1992
as Margaret Powers
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1991
as Dr. Greenway
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1990
as Helen
TVGoing Places
1990
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1990
as Dolly
MovieShe's Having a Baby
1988
as Sarah Briggs
MovieTales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
1987
as Ernestine King
TVWiseguy
1987
MovieThe Saint in Manhattan
1987
as Fran Grogan
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1987
as Fran Grogan
Harry
1987
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1985
as Paula Gordon
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1985
as Mrs. Fanshaw
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1985
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Me & Mom
1985
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1984
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1984
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1984
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1982
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1982
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MovieMy Mother Was Never a Kid
1981
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1980
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1980
as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
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1979
as Beverly Trencher
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1979
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1977
as Kathy Brighton
MovieThe Next Man
1976
as TV Interviewer
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1975
as Marilyn Gardiner
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1973
as Elizabeth
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1972
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1971
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1971
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1956
