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Holland Taylor is the third born (and last) daughter of her mother Virginia Taylor, and the only child of her father C. Tracy Taylor (an attorney). She was born in Philadelphia and spent her teen years in nearby Allentown, Pennsylvania where Holland got the nickname "Penny Taylor" because of her coppery hair color... See full bio »

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Holland Virginia Taylor
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2003-2012 Two and a Half Men (TV series)
Evelyn Harper / Mrs. Harper
– I Changed My Mind About the Milk (2012) … Evelyn Harper
– Oh Look! Al-Qaeda! (2012) … Evelyn Harper
– The Straw in My Donut Hole (2012) … Evelyn Harper
– Why We Gave Up Women (2012) … Evelyn Harper
– Grandma's Pie (2012) … Evelyn Harper
See all 94 episodes »
 
2012 Electric City (TV series short)
Ruth Orwell
– Illumination Night (2012) … Ruth Orwell
– No One Is Untraceable (2012) … Ruth Orwell
– People Like a Good Show (2012) … Ruth Orwell
– Such Beauty from a Box (2012) … Ruth Orwell
– The Outside (2012) … Ruth Orwell
See all 20 episodes »
 
2011 Twinkle Toes (video)
Principal Garfield
 
2010 The Chosen One
Ruth
 
2004-2009 The L Word (TV series)
Peggy Peabody
– Last Word (2009) … Peggy Peabody
– Loyal and True (2008) … Peggy Peabody
– Lady of the Lake (2008) … Peggy Peabody
– Left Hand of the Goddess (2006) … Peggy Peabody
– Losing the Light (2006) … Peggy Peabody
See all 9 episodes »
 
2009 Streetcar (short)
Olivia Van Hoffig
 
2008 Baby Mama
Rose
 
2007 American Dad! (TV series)
Mrs. Dawson
– Big Trouble in Little Langley (2007) … Mrs. Dawson (voice)
 
2007 Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (video)
Prudence (voice)
 
2005-2007 Monk (TV series)
Peggy Davenport
– Mr. Monk Is at Your Service (2007) … Peggy Davenport
– Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding (2005) … 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
– Rape Shield (2003) … Judge Roberta Kittleson
– Baby Love (2003) … Judge Roberta Kittleson
– Heroes and Villains (2003) … Judge Roberta Kittleson
– Choirboys (2003) … Judge Roberta Kittleson
– Neighboring Species (2002) … Judge Roberta Kittleson
See all 29 episodes »
 
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Grandmother
 
2002-2003 Baby Bob (TV series)
Madeline Collins
– Reality Bites (2003) … Madeline Collins
– Don't Pass Me By (2003) … Madeline Collins
– Rush Limbob (2003) … Madeline Collins
– Boys Will Be Girls (2003) … Madeline Collins
– Footloose, Infancy Free (2003) … Madeline Collins
See all 14 episodes »
 
2002 Fillmore! (TV series)
Mrs. Cornwall
– A Cold Day at X (2002) … Mrs. Cornwall (voice)
 
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
– Room Service (2001) … Marge Crowley
 
2001 Legally Blonde
Professor Stromwell
 
2001 The Fighting Fitzgeralds (TV series)
Rose
– The Cook, the Fitz, His Sister and Her Luggage (2001) … Rose
 
2001 Town & Country
Mistress of Ceremonies
 
2001 Strange Frequency (TV movie)
Marge Crowley (segment "Room Service")
 
2000 DAG (TV series)
Katherine Twigg
– The Return of Katherine Twigg (2000) … Katherine Twigg
 
2000 The Deadly Look of Love (TV movie)
Evelyn McGinnis
 
2000 Strong Medicine (TV series)
Lillian Pynchon
– Drug Interactions (2000) … Lillian Pynchon
 
1999-2000 Ally McBeal (TV series)
2nd Woman in Face Bra Infomercial / Judge Roberta Kittleson
– Do You Wanna Dance? (2000) … Judge Roberta Kittleson
– Only the Lonely (1999) … 2nd Woman in Face Bra Infomercial (uncredited)
 
2000 Keeping the Faith
Bonnie Rose
 
2000 The Spiral Staircase (TV movie)
Emma Warren
 
2000 Mail to the Chief (TV movie)
Katherine Horner
 
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
– Power (1999) … Phyllis Farr
 
1999 My Last Love (TV movie)
Marnie Morton
 
1998 Buddy Faro (TV series)
Olivia Vandermeer
– Ain't That a Kick in the Head (1998) … Olivia Vandermeer
 
1998 The Unknown Cyclist
Celia (uncredited)
 
1995-1998 The Naked Truth (TV series)
Camilla Dane
– Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Except with Different Names (1998) … Camilla Dane
– Jake or Fake? (1998) … Camilla Dane
– Liesl Weapon (1997) … Camilla Dane
– Hollywood Honors Male Prostitute! (1996) … Camilla Dane
– Man Loses Load While Woman Can't Dump! (1996) … Camilla Dane
See all 23 episodes »
 
1998 The Truman Show
Truman's Mother
 
1998 Veronica's Closet (TV series)
Millicent
– Veronica's Silent Partner (1998) … Millicent
– Veronica's Mole (1998) … Millicent
 
1998 Next Stop Wonderland
Piper Castleton
 
1997 George of the Jungle
Beatrice Stanhope
 
1997 Just Write
Emma Jeffreys
 
1997 Betty
Crystal Ball
 
1996 One Fine Day
Rita
 
1996 Something So Right (TV series)
Abigail
– Something About Seared Ahi (1996) … 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
– Sea No Evil (1995) … Agent Gretchen McCord
– Many Happy Returns (1994) … 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
– Marry Me (1994) … Dean Susan McMann
– Wedding Plans (1994) … Dean Susan McMann
– Love and Death (1994) … Dean Susan McMann
– Bedside Manner (1994) … Dean Susan McMann
– The Rave (1994) … Dean Susan McMann
 
1994 In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (TV movie)
Florence Newsom
 
1994 Betrayal of Trust (TV movie)
Mary Shelton
 
1993 With Hostile Intent (TV movie)
Lois Baxter
 
1993 Cop and ½
Captain Rubio
 
1992-1993 The Powers That Be (TV series)
Margaret Powers
– Bradley Gets Fired (1993) … Margaret Powers
– Grammargate: Part 1 (1993) … Margaret Powers
– Grammargate: Part 2 (1993) … Margaret Powers
– Grandma's Big Decision (1993) … Margaret Powers
– Having a Ball (1993) … Margaret Powers
See all 21 episodes »
 
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
– Feud Poisoning (1991) … Dawn St. Claire
– Curse of the Video (1990) … Dawn St. Claire
– Who's the Boss? (1990) … Dawn St. Claire
– I Was a Teenage Bride (1990) … Dawn St. Claire
– The Thanksgiving Show (1990) … Dawn St. Claire
See all 12 episodes »
 
1990 Alice
Helen
 
1990 People Like Us (TV movie)
Dolly
 
1990 Wiseguy (TV series)
Allison Royce / Priscilla Prim
– To Die in Bettendorf (1990) … Allison Royce/Priscilla Prim
 
1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Winifred Thayer
– Town Father (1989) … Winifred Thayer
 
1987-1989 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series)
Fran Grogan / Mayor Brown
– American Nuclear (1989) … Mayor Brown
– The Saint in Manhattan (1987) … Fran Grogan
 
1988 She's Having a Baby
Sarah Briggs
 
1987 Great Performances (TV series)
Ernestine King
– Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987) … Ernestine King
 
1987 Perfect Strangers (TV series)
Olivia Crawford
– Sexual Harassment in Chicago (1987) … Olivia Crawford
 
1987 Harry (TV series)
Ina Duckett, R. N.
– The Great Rat Race (1987) … Ina Duckett, R. N.
– This Is the Army, Mr. Porschak (1987) … Ina Duckett, R. N.
– How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nurse Duckett? (1987) … Ina Duckett, R. N.
– Meet Mr. Porschak (1987) … Ina Duckett, R. N.
– Harry's Big Night (1987) … Ina Duckett, R. N.
See all 7 episodes »
 
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
– Episode #1.6 (1985) … Zena Hunnicutt
– The Murder Game (1985) … Zena Hunnicutt
– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Zena Hunnicutt
– Davie (1985) … Zena Hunnicutt
– A Flawed Affair (1985) … Zena Hunnicutt
See all 6 episodes »
 
1984 Kate & Allie (TV series)
Linda Cabot
– Diner (1984) … Linda Cabot
 
1984 American Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Marbury
– Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion (1984) … Mrs. Marbury
 
1984 Romancing the Stone
Gloria
 
1983 Reuben, Reuben
 
1983 The Love Boat (TV series)
Kathy Brighton
– Doc's Big Case/Senior Sinners/A Booming Romance (1983) … 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
– Not the Last Picture Show (1982) … Ruth Dunbar
– Not with My Sister, You Pig (1982) … Ruth Dunbar
– Who's on Thirst? (1982) … Ruth Dunbar
– The Way Kip and Henry Were (1982) … Ruth Dunbar
– Hildy's Dirt Nap (1982) … Ruth Dunbar
See all 37 episodes »
 
1981-1982 All My Children (TV series)
Jill Ollinger
 
1981 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Felicia Martin
– My Mother Was Never a Kid (1981) … Felicia Martin
 
1980 Fame
Claudia van Doren (uncredited)
 
1979 3 by Cheever (TV mini-series)
Beverly
– O Youth and Beauty! (1979) … Beverly
 
1956 The Edge of Night (TV series)
Denise Norwood Cavanaugh, R.N. (1977-1978, 1980)
 
1977 Kojak (TV series)
Elizabeth
– Sister Maria (1977) … 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
 
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2008-2009 Two and a Half Men (TV series)
– Warning, It's Dirty (2009) (performer: "Jingle Bell Rock" - uncredited)
– Fish in a Drawer (2008) (performer: "Unchained Melody")
 
Show ShowSelf (24 titles)
2013 Why We Laugh: Funny Women (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2013 The View (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 March 2013 (2013) … Herself - Guest
 
2013 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 3 March 2013 (2013) … Herself - Guest
 
2011 78th McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade (TV movie)
Herself
 
2011 The 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
2011 Overheard (TV series)
Herself - interviewee
– Holland Taylor (2011) … Herself - interviewee
 
2010 The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2010 The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2006-2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 October 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 20 April 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 23 August 2007 (2007) … Herself
– Episode dated 13 October 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2009 The Women of Two and a Half Men (video documentary short)
Herself - 'Evelyn'
 
2009 Two and a Half Men: Growing Up Harper (video documentary short)
Herself - 'Evelyn'
 
2009 The 7th Annual TV Land Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2008 TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2008 The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2008 So You Want Michael Madsen? (documentary)
Herself
 
2007 The 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2005 Big Brother (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.27 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 Infiltrating D.E.B.S. (video short)
Herself
 
2002-2004 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Stockard Channing (2004) … Herself
– Joely Fisher (2002) … Herself
 
2003 Banzai (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.2 (2003) … Herself (uncredited)
 
2001 The Living Edens (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Costa Rica: Land of Pure Life (2001) … Narrator
 
2001 Inside 'Legally Blonde' (video documentary)
Herself
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
 

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(October 1988) She acted in A.R. Gurney's play, "The Cocktail Hour," at the Promenade Theatre in New York City with Nancy Marchand, Keene Curtis,and Bruce Davison in the cast. Jack O'Brien was director. See more »

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Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Personal Quote:

"I'm just cutting a swath of bitchiness through the world!." (on her propensity for playing cantankerous women) See more »

Trivia:

Has never married or had children. Youngest of 3 daughters born to C. Tracy and Virginia Taylor. Sisters, Patricia and Pamela. Attended Bennington College in Vermont. See more »

Trademark:

Often plays classy or ritzy characters See more »

Nickname:

Penny Taylor See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn