Holland Taylor is an American actress with 119 cinematographic works on her track record. As an actress in film and television, she first made herself known in 1956, playing Denis Cavanaugh in the series “On the Road of Night”. In 2018, she appeared in the movie Gloria Bell.
Biography, photo
Holland Taylor was born January 14, 1943 in the American city of Philadelphia, located in Pennsylvania. The actress's father is a lawyer, mother is an artist. As a child, she was given the nickname Penny Taylor because she had copper-colored hair. At the age of 22, she left for New York in the hope of building a successful theatrical career.
A breakthrough for Holland Taylor was the role in the 1980 film "Bosom Friends", in which he played the key character of the then little-known artist Tom Hanks. In 1984, the actress played the girlfriend of the main character in the popular adventure series "Novel with a Stone."
Films and genres
The most successful actress for Holland Taylor is 1994, when she worked in the ambulance project. You can also see her heroines in such television hits as “Sex in another city”, “Two and a half people”, “Practice”.
Played Holland Taylor in films of the following genres:
- Biography: "The day they shot the president."
- Western: Kepler's Dream.
- Documentary: "Pristine Nature. Eden of Life."
- Short: Intention, Electric City.
- Melodrama: “Fake contestant”, “Service”, “She will have a child”, “Boat of love”, “Keeping faith”, “Patchwork”, “Pearl of the Nile”, “Ellie McBeal”.
- Cartoon: "Cinderella 3: Evil Enchantment" (voice acting).
- News: Today.
- Family: Spy Kids 3, Policeman and a Half, George from the Jungle.
- Thriller: "Spiral Staircase", "Kodzhak", "Intention", "Next Man".
- Fiction: Orville, Mr. Mercedes, American Theater.
- Action: Hercules.
- Detective: "Perry Mason is back," "She wrote the murder," "Nerd."
- Drama: "Die in the Name", "Keeping the Faith", "Bitter Blood", "Time and Betrayal".
- Comedy: “Groom for Rent,” “Advisor to the President,” “Salon of Veronica,” “Alice,” “Just No Words.”
- Crime: "The Mysteries of Perry Mason: The Affair of a Jealous Joker," "Defective Detective," "When the Shots Shut Down."
- Music: "Great performances."
- Fantasy: "Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True" (voice acting).
Links and rewards
Holland Taylor shared the movie set with movie stars such as Laura Linney, Jennifer Beals, Jim Carrey, Michael Douglas, Steve Harris, George Clooney, Brendan Gleason, Kathleen Turner, Winona Ryder, Ben Stiller and others.
In 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010 the actress fought for the main Emmy Award in the nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Then, the creativity of the actress was evaluated in the TV show "Two and a Half People", which was loved by many viewers.
Interesting information
Do you know that:
- Holland Taylor loves France. She is learning French. she is interested in French cuisine.
- The actress dances jazz and tap dance. Holland Taylor also took ballet lessons.
- She has never been married. She does not have kids.
- Among the ancestors of the actress are the Dutch, French, British, Germans.
- Holland Taylor is an aunt to producer and director Brad Anderson, who directed the 2008 film Trans-Siberian Express.
- The actress is friends with the writer A. R. Gurney and the popular actress Thea Leoni.
- In the summer of 2005, Holland Taylor became a master, graduating from the University of Santa Monica. Her specialty is spiritual psychology.
- She wrote a book about Governor Anne Richards, and later starred in a Broadway play staged from this work.
- In the 1996 film “One Fine Day,” she plays the mother of actress Michelle Pfeiffer, whose only 15 years older.
- She is often confused with Hollywood star Susan Sullivan.
- In 1990, the actress was awarded the Drama-Logue Award for her role in the performance of The Cocktail Hour.
- Consists of a romantic relationship with actress Sarah Paulson. Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson, who is more than 30 years younger than our heroine, have been living together since 2015.
Despite the fact that the heroine of this article never became a mother in real life, in the movie she portrayed a mother of characters from such famous actors as Jim Carrey, Charlie Sheen, Carla Gugino, Nicole Kidman, Tina Fey, Debra Messing. The talented actress is surprisingly easy to get used to in a variety of images.