ACTOR

Holland Taylor

1943 - Today

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Holland 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) and she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her portrayal of Evelyn Harper on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men (2003–15). 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Holland Taylor has received more than 18,349,148 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Holland Taylor is the 877th most popular actor (down from 717th in 2019), the 1,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,338th in 2019) and the 421st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Holland Taylor ranks 877 out of 13,578. Before her are Marty Feldman, Frank Langella, Michael Dudikoff, Andy Lau, Sara Montiel, and Chris Cooper. After her are Dolores del Río, Mark Strong, Peter Dinklage, Don Ameche, Mark Harmon, and Jessica Chastain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Holland Taylor ranks 109. Before her are Mustafa Dzhemilev, Thomas J. Sargent, Finn E. Kydland, Eric Idle, Otoya Yamaguchi, and Vint Cerf. After her are Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, Chevy Chase, Chris Amon, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Richard Smalley, and Leonardo Sandri.

Others Born in 1943

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Holland Taylor ranks 1,565 out of 20,380. Before her are Chris Cooper (1951), Burt Bacharach (1928), Ken Kesey (1935), Vint Cerf (1943), Louis Ignarro (1941), and Peter Agre (1949). After her are Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Peter Dinklage (1969), Paul Revere (1735), Rollo May (1909), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), and Chevy Chase (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Holland Taylor ranks 421. Before her are Richard Jenkins (1947), Jan-Michael Vincent (1944), Helen Hunt (1963), Frank Langella (1938), Michael Dudikoff (1954), and Chris Cooper (1951). After her are Peter Dinklage (1969), Don Ameche (1908), Mark Harmon (1951), Jessica Chastain (1977), Brad Dourif (1950), and Barbara Bach (1947).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Truman Show
Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.
Jun 4o 19988.1 / 10
Two and a Half Men
Evelyn Harper
A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
7.46 / 10
Legally Blonde
Professor Stromwell
Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, but while there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just looks.
Jul 13o 20016.764 / 10