Barbara was born on 18 April 1922, as one of two children. As a young girl, Ms. Hale intended to major in art and drawing; she began her professional career as a model for a comic strip called "Ramblin' Bill", during the time she was working her way through The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She married actor Bill Williams in 1946, and had son William Katt in 1951.
霍兰德·泰勒出生在费城，是家里三个孩子的老小，长着一头红棕头发的她有个“PennyTaylor”的昵称。她在Bennington大学主修戏剧专业，22岁那年，前往纽约发展，此后的15年却只是寂寂无名的小龙套演员，直到1980年才迎来了事业上的突破，1999年，她凭借《律师本色》（The Practice）的表演赢得艾美奖剧情类最佳女配角奖，2000年再次因为该剧和《The Lot》获双重艾美提名，2005年她出演了CBS剧集《好汉两个半》），于同年和2007年两度获得艾美奖喜剧类最佳女配角提名。
加拿大演员，出演《逆世界》、《杀机快感》等。
