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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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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.
Known For
Diagnosis: Murder
ER
Big Brother
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Kojak
Billions
The Love Boat
Murder, She Wrote
Ally McBeal
The L Word
Monk
Wiseguy
The Morning Show
Veronica's Closet
Kate & Allie
American Dad!
The Great North
The Wonderful World of Disney
E!'s 101
The New Yorker Presents
The Practice
The Orville
CBS Summer Playhouse
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
DAG
Bombshell
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
To Die For
Hollywood
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
D.E.B.S.
The Wedding Date
Legally Blonde
George of the Jungle
Two and a Half Men
The Chair
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
Gloria Bell
Mr. Mercedes
J.T.
The Day Reagan Was Shot
The Truman Show
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
She's Having a Baby
The Lot
Baby Bob
Perry Mason Returns
Quiz Lady
With Hostile Intent
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Beacon Hill
Mail to the Chief
The Edge of Night
The Naked Truth
The Powers That Be
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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