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name: "Renée Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/renee-taylor"
fi1m_id: "renee-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0853041"
tmdb_id: 56105
wikidata_id: "Q265031"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 March 1933"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:48:27.489989+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Renée Taylor

## Identity

Renée Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/renee-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** renee-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0853041
- **TMDB ID:** 56105
- **Wikidata ID:** Q265031
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265031, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853041/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56105

Actor. Born 19 March 1933 in The Bronx, New York City, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 March 1933, The Bronx, New York City, United States
- **Also known as:** Renee Taylor
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265031, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853041/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56105

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Producers*](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md) (82)

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## Biography

Renée Taylor is an American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director. Born Renée Adorée Wexler on 19 March 1933 in the Bronx, New York City, she trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began her career performing with improv groups and as a comedian in New York nightclubs in the 1950s and early 1960s.

She played Eva Braun in Mel Brooks’s film *The Producers* (1967). With her husband, actor Joseph Bologna, she co-wrote the Broadway comedy *Lovers and Other Strangers* (1968) and received an Academy Award nomination for the 1970 film adaptation. Taylor is best known for portraying Sylvia Fine, the mother of the title character, in the sitcom *The Nanny* (1993–1999).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Producers* (1968), Fi1m 82, as Eva Braun — [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md)

## Complete filmography (85)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Magic Hour* (2025), as Mommom
- *Merv* (2023), as Grandma
- *A Christmas Proposal* (2021), as Server
- *Tango Shalom* (2021), as Deborah Yehuda
- *Debris* (2021), series, as Hazmat #4
- *Upload* (2020), series, as Package Lady
- *How to Be a Latin Lover* (2017), as Peggy
- *The Do-Over* (2016), as Mrs. Kessler
- *Weird Loners* (2015), series, as Nana
- *Young & Hungry* (2014), series, as Mrs. Shapiro
- *Zarra's Law* (2014), as Gabriella Zarra
- *African Gothic* (2013), Thanks
- *Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor* (2013), as Ms. Waco-Chapman
- *Natasha Mail Order Bribe Escape to America* (2012), as Eunice
- *Should've Been Romeo* (2012), as Tillie
- *Driving Me Crazy* (2012), as Doris Brown
- *2 Broke Girls* (2011), series, as Hinda Fagel
- *When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren* (2011), as (uncredited)
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Gloria (voice)
- *Shake It Up* (2010), series, as Mrs. Locassio
- *Life During Wartime* (2010), as Mona Jordan
- *Victorious* (2010), series, as Mammaw — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/victorious.md)
- *Boston Girls* (2010), as Mrs. Palermo
- *Opposite Day* (2009), as Martha Benson
- *The Rainbow Tribe* (2008), as Ms. Crapple
- *Pandemic* (2007), series, as Kathryn Hadorn
- *Kalamazoo?* (2006), as Golda
- *Ice Age: The Meltdown* (2006), as Mrs. Start (voice)
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Mrs. Matsen, Mrs. Matson — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Boynton Beach Club* (2005), as Woman on Cell Phone
- *The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember* (2004), Actor
- *Alfie* (2004), as Lu Schnitman
- *Eve* (2003), series, as Ms. Berkowitz
- *National Lampoon's Gold Diggers* (2003), as Betty
- *Everwood* (2002), series, as Betty Barrett
- *Returning Mickey Stern* (2002), as Jeannie
- *Dr. Dolittle 2* (2001), as Female Tortoise (voice)
- *Dying on the Edge* (2001), as Lottie Minnow
- *61** (2001), as Claire Ruth
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Maude Monaghan
- *Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes* (1997), as Wheezy
- *A Match Made in Heaven* (1997), as Isobel Slotkin
- *Superman: The Animated Series* (1996), series, as Lucille (voice)
- *Love Is All There Is* (1996), as Mona · Writer, Director
- *Caroline in the City* (1995), series, as Mrs. Fox
- *The Single Guy* (1995), series, as Zelda
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Sylvia Fine
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Roweena Johnson
- *Daddy Dearest* (1993), series, as Helen Mitchell
- *Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue* (1992), as Mrs. Himmelfarb
- *Forever* (1992), as Charlotte
- *All I Want For Christmas* (1991), as Sylvia
- *Delirious* (1991), as Arlene Sherwood
- *The End of Innocence* (1990), as Angel
- *White Palace* (1990), as Edith Baron
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Doris Tupper
- *It Had to Be You* (1989), as Theda Blau · Writer, Director
- *Au secours, elle me veut !* (1985), Actor
- *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Pearl King
- *Bedrooms* (1984), as Host / Riva / Wendy · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Lovesick* (1983), as Mrs. Mondragon
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Charlotte Miller — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Sheila Baer
- *A Cry for Love* (1980), Writer
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Monica Douglas
- *Woman of the Year* (1976), as Tess Harding · Writer
- *Three for Two* (1975), Writer
- *Paradise* (1974), as Marilyn / Carmel / Madeline / Woman on Beach · Writer
- *Calucci's Department* (1973), series, as Creator
- *Acts of Love and Other Comedies* (1973), Writer
- *The Trouble With People* (1972), as Lure (Story 3)
- *Last of the Red Hot Lovers* (1972), as Jeanette
- *Made For Each Other* (1971), as Pandora · Writer
- *Jennifer on My Mind* (1971), as Selma Rottner
- *A New Leaf* (1971), as Sharon Hart
- *Lovers and Other Strangers* (1970), Theatre Play, Screenplay
- *TWO* (1969), as Girl · Writer
- *The Detective* (1968), as Rachael Schoenstein
- *The Producers* (1968), as Eva Braun — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md)
- *A Fine Madness* (1966), as Myrna
- *The Errand Boy* (1961), as Miss Giles
- *The Mugger* (1958), as Mac's wife
- *The Kiss* (1958), as Girl in Bar
- *2*, as Girl
- *When Robert Met Judith*, as Judith

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1971: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Lovers and Other Strangers*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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