Highest rated as cast or director
The Truman Show
1998
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · 3 Seasons
The Chair
2021 · 1 Season
Quiz Lady
2023
Bosom Buddies
1980 · 2 Seasons
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 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.
Acted in 110
2020s
- 2026
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- 2025
- 2023
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Ann
Ann Richards
- 2017
- 2016
Kepler's Dream
Violet von Stern
The New Yorker Presents
Truman's Moher · 1 episode
- 2011
- 2010
The Chosen One
Ruth
2000s
- 2008
- 2007
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
Home Room
Dr. Hollander
Baby Bob
Madeline Collins · 14 episodes
- 2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot
Nancy Reagan
Strange Frequency
Marge Crowley · 1 episode
Town & Country
Mistress of Ceremonies
- 2000
DAG
Kathering Twigg · 1 episode
The Deadly Look of Love
Evelyn McGinnis
Mail to the Chief
Katherine Horner
The Spiral Staircase
Emma
1990s
- 1999
The Lot
Letitia DeVine · 17 episodes
- 1998
The Unknown Cyclist
Celia (uncredited)
Next Stop Wonderland
Piper Castleton
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Alanis Montclair
- 1997
Just Write
Emma Jeffreys
Betty
Crystal Ball
- 1996
- 1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Davis Mora Axelrod
Steal Big Steal Little
Mona Rowland-Downey
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Janice
Awake to Danger
Dr. Joyce Lindley
A Walton Wedding
Aunt Flo
- 1994
The Counterfeit Contessa
Wallace Everett
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Florence Newsom
Betrayal of Trust
Mary Shelton
- 1993
- 1992
The Powers That Be
Margaret Powers · 20 episodes
- 1991
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Dr. Greenway
- 1990
Going Places
TV
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
The Saint in Manhattan
Fran Grogan
- 1985
Perry Mason Returns
Paula Gordon
Key Exchange
Mrs. Fanshaw
- 1984
- 1982
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Frances Shand Kydd
- 1981
My Mother Was Never a Kid
Felicia Martin
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
O Youth and Beauty!
Beverly Trencher
The Sorrows of Gin
Beverly Trencher
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
J.T.
Mrs. Arnold
1950s
- 1956
The Edge of Night
TV
Wrote 1
2010s
- 2018
Ann
Writer
Appearances7
2020s
- 2024
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
- 2020
2010s
- 2015
- 2014
1990s
- 1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2024
Unachievable Sound of Silence
Thanks