Holland Taylor

Holland Taylor

1943-01-14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 76 Credits

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...

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Motherland

Motherland

2025

as Toni

Acting

In an alternate present society where the state frees parents from the burden of raising children, a rule enforcer learns a shocking truth that sparks...

Fantasy Life

2025

Acting

After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic attack and stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters. The...

Unachievable Sound of Silence

Unachievable Sound of Silence

2024

Thanks

Struggling with haunting nightmares and an unaccepting family, Daniel finds refuge in the abandoned house of his enigmatic former music teacher, only ...

The Little Pageant That Could

The Little Pageant That Could

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A documentary that chronicles the journey of L.A.’s “Best in Drag Show” to support the Alliance for Housing and Healing. The event, which started as a...

Quiz Lady

Quiz Lady

2023

as Francine

6.7
Acting

A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister, Jenny, must work together to help cove...

Adele One Night Only

Adele One Night Only

2021

as Self

7.9
Acting

A primetime special with performances from the superstar including Adele’s first new material in six years plus her chart-topping hits. The special wi...

The Stand In

The Stand In

2020

as Barbara Cox

5.3
Acting

When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her...

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Bill & Ted Face the Music

2020

as The Great Leader

5.9
Acting

Yet to fulfil their rock and roll destiny, now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns t...

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

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

2020

as Stormy

6.8
Acting

Lara Jean and Peter have just taken their romance from pretend to officially real when another recipient of one of her love letters enters the picture...

Bombshell

Bombshell

2019

as Faye (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought do...

Gloria Bell

Gloria Bell

2019

as Hillary Bell

6.0
Acting

Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clu...

Ann

Ann

2018

as Ann Richards

4.0
Acting

Ann is a no-holds-barred portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary governor of Texas. This inspiring and hilarious new play brings us face to face with ...

Ann

Ann

2018

Writer

4.0
Writing

Ann is a no-holds-barred portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary governor of Texas. This inspiring and hilarious new play brings us face to face with ...

Kepler's Dream

Kepler's Dream

2016

as Violet von Stern

5.0
Acting

An 11 year old girl searches for a missing rare book from her grandmother's (Holland Taylor) library and tries to understand why her family is fractur...

Divorce: The Greatest Hits

2016

Acting

And you thought a failing marriage was tough. Divorce is just the beginning...

Electric City

Electric City

2016

as Voice Actor (voice)

6.5
Acting

In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity lives in small settlements whose main activity is to produce electricity.

Twinkle Toes

Twinkle Toes

2011

as Principal Garfield (voice)

6.0
Acting

She’s Grace “Twinkle Toes” Hastings, the shining star of this all-new movie! She has a big secret though... she gets terrible stage fright in front of...

The Chosen One

The Chosen One

2010

as Ruth

4.4
Acting

Paul is an ordinary man who is at the end of his rope. He hates his job, his beautiful wife has left him, and his mother and gay, Buddhist-monk brothe...

Baby Mama

Baby Mama

2008

as Rose

6.0
Acting

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate...

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

2007

as Prudence (voice)

6.5
Acting

When Lady Tremaine steals the Fairy Godmother's wand and changes history, it's up to Cinderella to restore the timeline and reclaim her prince.

The Wedding Date

The Wedding Date

2005

as Bunny

6.8
Acting

With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While...

D.E.B.S.

D.E.B.S.

2004

as Ms. Petrie

6.4
Acting

The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003

as Grandmother

5.1
Acting

Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the worl...

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

2002

as Grandmother

5.6
Acting

Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to...

Home Room

Home Room

2002

as Dr. Hollander

6.8
Acting

A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

2002

as Prudence (voice)

6.1
Acting

As a newly crowned princess, Cinderella quickly learns that life at the Palace - and her royal responsibilities - are more challenging than she had im...

Fits and Starts

2002

Acting

A couple announce their engagement, but then find their relationship turning to sour within 24 hours.......

The Day Reagan Was Shot

The Day Reagan Was Shot

2001

as Nancy Reagan

6.4
Acting

The Day Reagan Was Shot is a 2001 film made for television directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss as Alexander Haig and Richard ...

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

2001

as Professor Stromwell

6.8
Acting

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading t...

Town & Country

Town & Country

2001

as Mistress of Ceremonies

4.4
Acting

Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his wif...

The Deadly Look of Love

The Deadly Look of Love

2000

as Evelyn McGinnis

4.2
Acting

Janet Flanders is a small-town, unsophisticated young woman who is seduced by the fantasy of romantic love; she believes that someday her prince will ...

Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

2000

as Bonnie Rose

6.1
Acting

Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper W...

Mail to the Chief

Mail to the Chief

2000

as Katherine Horner

5.7
Acting

A humorous and inspiring adventure about an ordinary middle school student who strikes up an online friendship with someone bearing the screen name Av...

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

2000

as Emma

5.1
Acting

During a storm, a group of people are trapped inside a mansion with a killer.

Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents

2000

as Therapist

6.8
Acting

A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary ...

The Sex Monster

The Sex Monster

1999

as Muriel

5.2
Acting

A neurotic L.A. building contractor pushes his reluctant wife into having a threesome. Unfortunately for him, his wife gets more out of it than he doe...

The Unknown Cyclist

The Unknown Cyclist

1998

as Celia (uncredited)

4.7
Acting

A man's dying wish is for the people in his life to participate in a 450-mile charity bicycle ride through Northern California.

Next Stop Wonderland

Next Stop Wonderland

1998

as Piper Castleton

5.9
Acting

Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a...

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998

as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair

8.1
Acting

Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, ...

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

The Truman Show: Tru-Talk

1998

as Alanis Montclair

6.7
Acting

A promotional featurette for 1998's 'The Truman Show', 'TruTalk' is a "60 Minutes"-style mockumentary taking place inside the film's universe.

George of the Jungle

George of the Jungle

1997

as Beatrice Stanhope

5.6
Acting

Deep in the African jungle, a baby named George, the sole survivor of a plane crash, is raised by gorillas. George grows up to be a buff and lovable k...

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

as Self

6.6
Acting

Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "wor...

Just Write

Just Write

1997

as Emma Jeffreys

5.2
Acting

A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.

Betty

Betty

1997

as Crystal Ball

2.0
Acting

The world's most famous actress freaks out on the set of her latest Christmas blockbuster and runs away to hide in the unlikely setting of Palm Spring...

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

1996

as Rita

6.4
Acting

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one mornin...

Last Summer in the Hamptons

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995

as Davis Mora Axelrod

5.5
Acting

Helena Mora, the head of an eccentric theatrical family, has decided to sell her large estate in the Hamptons because of her recent money troubles. Be...

How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

as Mrs. Rubens

6.4
Acting

Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits ...

Steal Big Steal Little

Steal Big Steal Little

1995

as Mona Rowland-Downey

4.3
Acting

Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but...

To Die For

To Die For

1995

as Carol Stone

6.6
Acting

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she make...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

1995

as Janice

7.5
Acting

Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.

Awake to Danger

Awake to Danger

1995

as Dr. Joyce Lindley

6.0
Acting

Recently awakened from a coma, a traumatized adolescent girl fights to remember the circumstances surrounding her mother's brutal death. But as the de...

A Walton Wedding

A Walton Wedding

1995

as Aunt Flo

Acting

In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashion magazine and the daughter of a diplomat. The two...

The Favor

The Favor

1994

as Maggie Sand

5.0
Acting

On the eve of her high school reunion, bored housewife Kathy convinces her single best friend Emily to seduce an old flame Tom, so she can get all the...

The Counterfeit Contessa

The Counterfeit Contessa

1994

as Wallace Everett

5.5
Acting

Gina Nardino, a young saleswoman at the food counter of a posh department store, falls hard for a society stud, and, through a series of accidents, im...

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness

1994

as Florence Newsom

6.5
Acting

After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his ex-wife and her new boyfriend of various crimes.

Betrayal of Trust

Betrayal of Trust

1994

as Mary Shelton

6.0
Acting

A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected with a drug that knocks her o...

With Hostile Intent

1993

as Lois Baxter

6.0
Acting

After police officer Miranda Berkley dumps her boyfriend, who's also her superior, she and her colleague Kathy Arnold constantly are harassed by their...

Cop & ½

Cop & ½

1993

as Captain Rubio

4.5
Acting

When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, ...

The Rape of Doctor Willis

The Rape of Doctor Willis

1991

as Dr. Greenway

4.5
Acting

A drama directed by Lou Antonio.

Alice

Alice

1990

as Helen

6.4
Acting

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults h...

People Like Us

People Like Us

1990

as Dolly

4.3
Acting

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enab...

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

1988

as Sarah Briggs

5.9
Acting

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

1987

as Ernestine King

6.8
Acting

In the 1930's an aging film producer and his much younger wife live separate lives. Whenever a young starlet catches the husband's eye, he eventually ...

The Saint in Manhattan

The Saint in Manhattan

1987

as Fran Grogan

Acting

Simon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces. This TV movie was an unsold pilot for...

Perry Mason Returns

Perry Mason Returns

1985

as Paula Gordon

7.0
Acting

When his former secretary is accused of a murder, Perry Mason gives up a judgeship to defend her.

Key Exchange

Key Exchange

1985

as Mrs. Fanshaw

4.8
Acting

A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.

The Jewel of the Nile

The Jewel of the Nile

1985

as Gloria

6.2
Acting

Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who...

Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone

1984

as Gloria

6.8
Acting

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of...

I Was a Mail Order Bride

I Was a Mail Order Bride

1982

as Dottie Birmingham

5.6
Acting

On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a...

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

1982

as Frances Shand Kydd

4.7
Acting

The second Charles and Diana movie, with two virtual unknowns in the leads: Christopher Baines had acted on the British stage and on the BBC, but Cath...

My Mother Was Never a Kid

My Mother Was Never a Kid

1981

as Felicia Martin

Acting

A trip to the past helps a teenager learn to appreciate her mother

Fame

Fame

1980

as Claudia van Doren (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

O Youth and Beauty!

O Youth and Beauty!

1979

as Beverly Trencher

10.0
Acting

Cash Bentley and his wife Louise lead an average upper-middle-class life in suburbia, with a nice home and two fine children. But Cash grows increasin...

The Sorrows of Gin

The Sorrows of Gin

1979

as Beverly Trencher

10.0
Acting

An affluent suburban couple's empty and gin-fueled lives are observed through the eyes of their neglected, eight-year old daughter.

The Next Man

The Next Man

1976

as TV Interviewer

4.6
Acting

Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a ta...

J.T.

J.T.

1969

as Mrs. Arnold

Acting

J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alle...