Holland Taylor

Highest Rated: 94% The Truman Show (1998)

Lowest Rated: 10% The Wedding Date (2005)

Birthday: Jan 14, 1943

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Studied acting with acclaimed teacher Stella Adler. Has appeared in five plays by A.R. Gurney: The David Show (1968), Children (1976), The Perfect Party (1986), The Cocktail Hour (1988) and Love Letters (1988), in which she starred opposite Gurney. Is the aunt of filmmaker Brad Anderson and appeared in his movies Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and Happy Accidents (2000). Won a Supporting Actress Emmy for her role as randy Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice, and played the same character in a 2000 episode of Ally McBeal. In 2011, wrote and starred in the one-woman play Ann, about former Texas governor Ann Richards.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Why We Laugh: Funny Women	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	The Chosen One	Ruth	—	2011
64%	Baby Mama	Rose	$60.3M	2008
71%	Cinderella III: A Twist in Time	Prudence	—	2007
10%	The Wedding Date	Bunny	$32M	2005
38%	D.E.B.S.	Mrs. Peatree	—	2004
55%	Home Room	Dr. Hollander	—	2003
45%	Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over	Grandmother	—	2003
74%	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Grandmother	—	2002
No Score Yet	The Day Reagan Was Shot	Nancy Reagan	—	2001
72%	Happy Accidents	Therapist	—	2001
68%	Legally Blonde	Professor Stromwell	$95.1M	2001
No Score Yet	Strange Frequency	Actor	—	2001
13%	Town & Country	Mistress of Ceremonies	$6.3M	2000
No Score Yet	The Deadly Look of Love	Evelyn McGinnis	—	2000
69%	Keeping the Faith	Bonnie Rose	—	2000
No Score Yet	Spiral Staircase	Emma Warren	—	2000
33%	The Sex Monster	Muriel	—	2000
No Score Yet	Mail to the Chief	Katherine	—	2000
No Score Yet	My Last Love	Marnie	—	1999
74%	Next Stop Wonderland	Piper Castleton	—	1998
94%	The Truman Show	Mother	—	1998
No Score Yet	Betty	Cyrstal Ball	—	1998
57%	George of the Jungle	Beatrice Stanhope	—	1997
47%	One Fine Day	Rita	—	1996
61%	How to Make an American Quilt	Mrs. Rubens	—	1995
15%	Steal Big, Steal Little	Mona	—	1995
87%	To Die For	Carol Stone	—	1995
64%	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Davis	—	1995
27%	The Favor	Maggie	—	1994
No Score Yet	The Counterfeit Contessa	Wallace Everett	—	1994
No Score Yet	Betrayal of Trust (Under the Influence)	Mary	—	1994
15%	Cop & 1/2	Captain Rubio	—	1993
No Score Yet	The Rape of Doctor Willis	Dr. Greenway	—	1991
77%	Alice	Helen	—	1990
No Score Yet	People Like Us	Actor	—	1990
34%	She's Having a Baby	Sarah Briggs	—	1988
No Score Yet	Power, Passion and Murder	Ernestine King	—	1987
48%	The Jewel of the Nile	Gloria	—	1985
No Score Yet	Perry Mason Returns	Paula Gordon	—	1985
50%	Key Exchange	Mrs.Fanshaw	—	1985
88%	Romancing the Stone	Gloria	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Next Man	TV Interviewer	—	1976

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
85%	Mr. Mercedes 2017	Ida Silver	2017
No Score Yet	Two and a Half Men 2003-2015	Billy Tammy Meghan Evelyn Harper Kate Lyndsey Kristen Linda	2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2013
No Score Yet	Sunday Morning 2011	Appearing	2013 2012
No Score Yet	American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data) 2005	Voice	2009 2006
No Score Yet	The L Word 2004-2009	Guest Peggy Peabody	2008 2005 2004
No Score Yet	Monk 2002-2009	Peggy Davenport	2007 2005
No Score Yet	The Practice 1997-2004	Judge Kittleson Judge Roberta Kittleson Judhe Kittleson Judge Kittelson	2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
No Score Yet	Ally McBeal 1997-2002	Judge Kittleson	2000
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Phyllis Farr	1999
No Score Yet	All My Children 1970-2013	Jill Ollinger
No Score Yet	Great Performances 2000	Ernestine

Quotes from Holland Taylor's Characters

Professor Stromwell:

If you're going to let one stupid prick ruin your life, you're not the girl I thought you were.

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