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Holland Taylor

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82 Years Old

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.

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 14th January 1943

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Diagnosis: Murder
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American Dad!
Mrs. Dawson (voice)
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The Love Boat
Kathy Brighton
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ABC Afterschool Special
Felicia Martin
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Two and a Half Men
Evelyn Harper
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The Wonderful World of Disney
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Great Performances
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Monk
Peggy Davenport
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The Great North
Goldie (voice)
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Veronica's Closet
Millicent
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Billions
Dr. Eleanor Mayer
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The L Word
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Murder, She Wrote
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Big Brother
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The Morning Show
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ER
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Stars in the House
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The Orville
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Wiseguy
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The Naked Truth
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The Edge of Night
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Strong Medicine
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Kate & Allie
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Kojak
Elizabeth
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CBS Summer Playhouse
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Mr. Mercedes
Ida Silver
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Andrea
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The Practice
Judge Roberta Kittleson
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Hercules
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The Chair
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Bosom Buddies
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Fillmore!
Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
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Baby Bob
Madeline Collins
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The Lot
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Hollywood
Ellen Kincaid
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Saved by the Bell: The College Years
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The Truman Show
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Ally McBeal
Judge Roberta Kittleson
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Going Places
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Legally Blonde
Professor Stromwell
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
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To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
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Romancing the Stone
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
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One Fine Day
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Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
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George of the Jungle
Beatrice Stanhope
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Grandmother
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D.E.B.S.
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The Jewel of the Nile
Gloria
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The Powers That Be
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DAG
Kathering Twigg
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Bill & Ted Face the Music
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Ma Mac
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The Wedding Date
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To Die For
Carol Stone
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Quiz Lady
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Betrayal of Trust
Mary Shelton
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Baby Mama
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The New Yorker Presents
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She's Having a Baby
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Keeping the Faith
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Alice
Helen
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Fame
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Beacon Hill
Marilyn Gardiner
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How to Make an American Quilt
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Gloria Bell
Hillary Bell
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The Favor
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The Stand In
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Adele One Night Only
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The Sex Monster
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Perry Mason Returns
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The Chosen One
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Town & Country
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Cop & ½
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Just Write
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Happy Accidents
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People Like Us
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The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Alanis Montclair
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The Deadly Look of Love
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Key Exchange
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Next Stop Wonderland
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The Next Man
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Kepler's Dream
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Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Ernestine King
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
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Last Summer in the Hamptons
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In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
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Electric City
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A Walton Wedding
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The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
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The Rape of Doctor Willis
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Steal Big Steal Little
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Home Room
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The Little Pageant That Could
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Mail to the Chief
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
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The Saint in Manhattan
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The Day Reagan Was Shot
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The Sorrows of Gin
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The Spiral Staircase
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I Was a Mail Order Bride
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The Counterfeit Contessa
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Awake to Danger
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Twinkle Toes
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Ann
Ann Richards
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With Hostile Intent
Lois Baxter
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O Youth and Beauty!
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The Unknown Cyclist
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My Mother Was Never a Kid
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Motherland
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Divorce: The Greatest Hits