Emmy Award winner Holland Taylor is a veteran of film, television and theater. Her most recent feature films are "Wedding Date" and "D.E.B.S." In 2005, Taylor received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Evelyn Harper. Taylor's additional television credits include the series "The Practice," for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, "The Naked Truth," "The Powers That Be" and "Bosom Buddies," and the movies "A Walton Wedding," "Counterfeit Contessa" and "Bitter Blood," on CBS, "Concealed Enemies" and "People Like Us." She has also guest-starred in "Ally McBeal," "ER" and "Veronica's Closet."
Holland plays the role of Evelyn Harper, Charlie and Alan's mother, in the CBS series "Two and a Half Men."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- She is trained in jazz, ballet and tap dancing.
- She was educated at Bennington College in Vermont.
- In 2005, she finished her Masters degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.
- Because of her fondness for France, she took up classes in French and classical French cooking.
2009: TV Land Awards - Future Classic Award for: "Two and a Half Men". Shared.
1999: Emmy Awards - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for: "The Practice"
2003-2010: Two and a Half Men (TV series) - Evelyn Harper/Evelyn
2010: The Chosen One - Ruth
2004-2009: The L Word (TV series) - Peggy Peabody
2009: Streetcar (short) - Olivia Van Hoffig
2008: Baby Mama - Rose
2007: American Dad! (TV series) - Mrs. Dawson
2007: Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time (video) - Prudence (voice)
2005-2007: Monk (TV series) - Peggy Davenport
2005: The Wedding Date - Bunny
2004: D.E.B.S. - Ms. Petrie
2003: Intent (short) - Judge Cavallo
1998-2003: The Practice (TV series) - Judge Roberta Kittleson
2003: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - Grandmother
2002-2003: Baby Bob (TV series) - Madeline Collins
2002: Fillmore! (TV series) - Mrs. Cornwall
2002: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams - Grandmother
2002: Home Room - Dr. Hollander
2002: Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (video) - Prudence (voice)
2002: Fits and Starts
2001: The Day Reagan Was Shot (TV movie) - Nancy Reagan
2001: Strange Frequency (TV series) - Marge Crowley
2001: Legally Blonde - Professor Stromwell
2001: The Fighting Fitzgeralds (TV series) - Rose
2001: Town & Country - Mistress of Ceremonies
2001: Strange Frequency (TV movie) - Marge Crowley (segment "Room Service")
2000: DAG (TV series) - Katherine Twigg
2000: The Deadly Look of Love (TV movie) - Evelyn McGinnis
2000: Strong Medicine (TV series) - Lillian Pynchon
1999-2000: Ally McBeal (TV series) - 2nd Woman in Face Bra Infomercial/Judge Roberta Kittleson
2000: Keeping the Faith - Bonnie Rose
2000: Mail to the Chief (TV movie) - Katherine Horner
2000: The Spiral Staircase (TV movie) - Emma Warren
2000: Happy Accidents - Therapist, Maggie Ann "Meg" Ford
1999: The Lot (TV series) - Letitia DeVine
1999: The Sex Monster - Muriel
1999: ER (TV series) - Phyllis Farr
1999: My Last Love (TV movie) - Marnie Morton
1998: Buddy Faro (TV series) - Olivia Vandermeer
1998: The Unknown Cyclist - Celia
1998: The Truman Show - Truman's Mother
1998: Veronica's Closet (TV series) - Millicent
1998: Next Stop Wonderland - Piper Castleton
1995-1998: The Naked Truth (TV series) - Camilla Dane
1997: George of the Jungle - Beatrice Stanhope, Ursula's Mom
1997: Just Write - Emma Jeffreys
1997: Betty - Crystal Ball
1996: One Fine Day - Rita
1996: Something So Right (TV series) - Abigail
1995: How to Make an American Quilt - Mrs. Rubens
1995: Last Summer in the Hamptons - Davis Mora Axelrod
1995: Steal Big Steal Little - Mona Rowland-Downey
1995: To Die For - Carol Stone
1995: A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (TV movie) - Janice
1995: Awake to Danger (TV movie) - Dr. Joyce Lindley
1994-1995: Diagnosis Murder (TV series) - Agent Gretchen McCord
1995: A Walton Wedding (TV movie) - Aunt Flo
1994: The Favor - Maggie Sand
1994: The Counterfeit Contessa (TV movie) - Wallace Everett
1994: Saved by the Bell: The College Years (TV series) - Dean Susan McMann
1994: Bitter Blood (TV movie) - Florence Newsom
1994: Betrayal of Trust (TV movie) - Mary Shelton
1993: With Hostile Intent (TV movie) - Lois Baxter
1993: Cop and 1/2- Captain Rubio
1992-1993: The Powers That Be (TV series) - Margaret Powers
1991: The Rape of Doctor Willis (TV movie) - Dr. Greenway
1991: Big Deals (TV movie) - Mrs. Bluett
1990-1991: Going Places (TV series) - Dawn St. Claire
1990: Alice - Helen
1990: People Like Us (TV movie) - Dolly
1990: Wiseguy (TV series) - Allison Royce/Priscilla Prim
1989: Murder, She Wrote (TV series) - Winifred Thayer
1987-1989: CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series) - Fran Grogan/Mayor Brown
1988: She's Having a Baby - Sarah Briggs
1987: Great Performances (TV series) - Ernestine King
1987: Perfect Strangers (TV series) - Olivia Crawford
1987: Harry (TV series) - Ina Duckett, R. N.
1985: The Jewel of the Nile - Gloria
1985: Perry Mason Returns (TV movie) - Paula Gordon
1985: Key Exchange - Mrs. Fanshaw
1985: Me and Mom (TV series) - Zena Hunnicutt
1984: Kate & Allie (TV series) - Linda Cabot
1984: Romancing the Stone - Gloria
1984: Concealed Enemies (TV movie) - Mrs. Marbury
1983: Reuben, Reuben
1983: The Love Boat (TV series) - Kathy Brighton
1982: I Was a Mail Order Bride (TV movie) - Dottie Birmington
1982: The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (TV movie) - Frances Shand Kydd
1980-1982: Bosom Buddies (TV series) - Ruth Dunbar
1981-1982: All My Children (TV series) - Jill Ollinger
1981: ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series) - Felicia Martin
1980: Fame - Claudia van Doren
1979: 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty! (TV movie) - Beverly
1956: The Edge of Night (TV series) - Denise Norwood Cavanaugh, R.N. (1977-1978, 1980)
1977: Kojak (TV series) - Elizabeth
1976: The Next Man - TV Interviewer
1975: Beacon Hill (TV series) - Marilyn Gardiner
1973: Somerset (TV series) - Sgt. Ruth Winter
1967: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) - Trish Wanamaker (1971)
1969: J.T. (TV movie) - Mrs. Arnold