Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 first credits were in the theater and throughout the 1960s and 1970s she appeared in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Taylor went on to star in Breakfast with Les and Bess and A.R. Gurney's The Cocktail Hour. In 1978, she expanded her range with extensive dance training in ballet, jazz and tap at the renowned Joffrey Ballet.

On television, from 1978 to 1979 Taylor was Read more...

Holland Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, known for her film, television and theatre work. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, as Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice and as Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men.