Holland Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the third-born .
Loves France and has taken French classes to learn the language. She has also taken lessons in classical French cooking.
Has studied Jazz and Tap dancing and also ballet at the Joffrey (beginning level as of 1978). She has said she is a "once and always student" of acting coach Stella Adler.
Has never married or had children. Youngest of 3 daughters born to Virginia (Davis) and C. Tracy Taylor. Sisters are Patricia and Pamela. Attended Bennington College in Vermont. She has English, German, and smaller amounts of Welsh, Dutch, and French, ancestry.
Aunt of Brad Anderson , who is the son of her sister Pamela.
She has at least five nieces and nephews and a great niece or nephew. Among her friends are playwright A.R. Gurney , and former co-star Ta Leoni.
August 2005 - Received her Master degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.
Wrote and starred in her own one-woman show about the late Texas Governor Ann Richards, "Ann" and performed it on Broadway in 2013.
(July 2009) Appearing with Buck Henry in off-Broadway play, "Mother".
Despite playing her mother in One Fine Day , Taylor is just 15 years older than Michelle Pfeiffer.
Often mistaken for Susan Sullivan.
She is of English, and some German, Dutch, Welsh, and French, ancestry.
Is in a relationship with Sarah Paulson since early 2015.
Despite having had no children of her own in real life, onscreen she has played the mother of Jim Carrey, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tina Fey, Nicole Kidman, Leslie Mann, Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Debra Messing, Kevin Bacon, Carla Gugino and Hope Davis.
She was awarded the 1990 Drama-Logue Award for Performance for "The Cocktail Hour" in the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle Theatre (University of California) in Los Angeles, California.
