Holland Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress known for her film, television and theatre work. Her television roles include Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, Dean Susan McMann on Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice and Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men.
Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1943, the daughter of Virginia, a painter, and C. Tracy Taylor, an attorney. She is the you...
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Holland Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress known for her film, television and theatre work. Her television roles include Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, Dean Susan McMann on Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice and Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men.
Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1943, the daughter of Virginia, a painter, and C. Tracy Taylor, an attorney. She is the youngest of three girls in the family and her sisters are Patricia and Pamela. Taylor attended high school at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school then majored in drama at Bennington College in 1964, before moving to New York City to become an actress.
Taylor's long career began in the theater. Throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s she appeared in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including starring roles in Butley and A.R. Gurney's "The Cocktail Hour." Taylor also has the dubious distinction of having starred in Broadway's...
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