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 (1...
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
The Truman Show
1998
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
1982
Cop & ½
1993
Legally Blonde
2001
Bombshell
2019
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002
Keeping the Faith
2000
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
2007
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
George of the Jungle
1997
Perry Mason Returns
1985
Romancing the Stone
1984
Fame
1980
Electric City
2012
Key Exchange
1985
My Mother Was Never a Kid
1981
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
The Jewel of the Nile
1985
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
2020
The Spiral Staircase
2000
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
The Wedding Date
2005
Baby Mama
2008
Gloria Bell
2019
Betrayal of Trust
1994
Motherland
2025
Quiz Lady
2023
The Deadly Look of Love
2000
D.E.B.S.
2005
One Fine Day
1996
The Little Pageant That Could
2024
O Youth and Beauty!
1979
To Die For
1995
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
The Saint in Manhattan
1987
The Next Man
1976
Alice
1990
She's Having a Baby
1988