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Holland Taylor
Holland Taylor’s screen credits include Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair in The Truman Show and Professor Stromwell in Legally Blonde.
Born January 14, 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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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 …
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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.
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- 2026N/AN
- 2026Fantasy LifeDr. Greene
- 2025MotherlandToni
- 2024The Little Pageant That CouldSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Quiz LadyFrancine
- 2020The Stand InBarbara Cox
- 2020Bill & Ted Face the MusicThe Great Leader
- 2020To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love YouStormy
- 2019BombshellFaye (uncredited)
- 2019Gloria BellHillary Bell
- 2018AnnWriter · Ann Richards
- 2016Kepler's DreamViolet von Stern
- 2016Divorce: The Greatest HitsActor
- 2011Twinkle ToesPrincipal Garfield (voice)
- 2010The Chosen OneRuth
- 2008Baby MamaRose
- 2007Cinderella III: A Twist in TimePrudence (voice)
- 2005D.E.B.S.Ms. Petrie
- 2005The Wedding DateBunny
- 2003Spy Kids 3-D: Game OverGrandmother
- 2002Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost DreamsGrandmother
- 2002Home RoomDr. Hollander
- 2002Cinderella II: Dreams Come TruePrudence (voice)
- 2002Fits and StartsActor
- 2001The Day Reagan Was ShotNancy Reagan
- 2001Town & CountryMistress of Ceremonies
- 2000The Deadly Look of LoveEvelyn McGinnis
- 2000Keeping the FaithBonnie Rose
- 2000Mail to the ChiefKatherine Horner
- 2000The Spiral StaircaseEmma
- 2000Happy AccidentsTherapist
- 1999The Sex MonsterMuriel
- 1998The Unknown CyclistCelia (uncredited)
- 1998Next Stop WonderlandPiper Castleton
- 1998The Truman Show: Tru-TalkAlanis Montclair
- 1997George of the JungleBeatrice Stanhope
- 1997Who Is Henry Jaglom?Self
- 1997Just WriteEmma Jeffreys
- 1997BettyCrystal Ball
- 1996One Fine DayRita
- 1995Last Summer in the HamptonsDavis Mora Axelrod
- 1995How to Make an American QuiltMrs. Rubens
- 1995Steal Big Steal LittleMona Rowland-Downey
- 1995To Die ForCarol Stone
- 1995Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous JokesterJanice
- 1995Awake to DangerDr. Joyce Lindley
- 1995A Walton WeddingAunt Flo
- 1994The FavorMaggie Sand
- 1994The Counterfeit ContessaWallace Everett
- 1994In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & MadnessFlorence Newsom
- 1994Betrayal of TrustMary Shelton
- 1993With Hostile IntentLois Baxter
- 1993Cop & ½Captain Rubio
- 1991The Rape of Doctor WillisDr. Greenway
- 1990AliceHelen
- 1990People Like UsDolly
- 1988She's Having a BabySarah Briggs
- 1987Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica JacksonErnestine King
- 1987The Saint in ManhattanFran Grogan
- 1985Perry Mason ReturnsPaula Gordon
- 1985Key ExchangeMrs. Fanshaw
- 1985The Jewel of the NileGloria
- 1984Romancing the StoneGloria
- 1982I Was a Mail Order BrideDottie Birmingham
- 1982The Royal Romance of Charles and DianaFrances Shand Kydd
- 1981My Mother Was Never a KidFelicia Martin
- 1980FameClaudia van Doren (uncredited)
- 1979O Youth and Beauty!Beverly Trencher
- 1979The Sorrows of GinBeverly Trencher
- 1976The Next ManTV Interviewer
- 1971J.T.Mrs. Arnold
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