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Holland Taylor
Born · January 14, 1943 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bio
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.
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2021
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2020
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2020
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2019
The Morning Show
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2019
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2019
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2018
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2017
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7.1
2017
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2016
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2016
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7.8
2016
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2016
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2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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6.6
2015
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5.5
2014
Simply Red: Backstage at 'Annie' with Lilla Crawford
Self · (1 episode)
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2013
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2011
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2010
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2008
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2007
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2002
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2001
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2001
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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0.5
1999
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5.2
1999
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4.7
1998
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6.8
1998
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1998
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1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
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1998
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6.6
1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1996
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1995
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6.4
1995
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7.5
1995
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1995
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1995
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1994
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1994
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1993
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1993
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1992
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1991
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6.4
1990
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5.5
1990
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6.0
1990
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1988
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1987
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1987
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0.0
1987
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1987
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1987
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1985
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1985
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1985
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1984
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1984
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5.8
1984
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1982
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Perry Mason Returns
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7.0
1985
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5.8
1982
My Mother Was Never a Kid
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0.0
1981
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6.4
1980
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6.4
1980
O Youth and Beauty!
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10.0
1979
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10.0
1979
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1977
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4.6
1976
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5.0
1975
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6.9
1973
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1972
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1971
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1969
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1956