Holly Woodlawn

1946-10-26 – 2015-12-06 (age 69) Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

Biography

Holly Woodlawn was a transgender Puerto Rican actress and Warhol superstar who appeared in his movies Trash and Women in Revolt. She was probably best known as the Holly in Lou Reed's hit pop song "Walk on the Wild Side".

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Known For

I Am Divine

2014

as Self

Night Owl

1993

as Barfly

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

2015

as Self

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990

as Self

Underground and Emigrants

1976

as Self

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

1998

as Holly

Twin Falls Idaho

1999

as Flamboyant at Party

Beautiful Darling

2010

as Self

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

1972

as Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler

This Is America

1977

as Self (uncredited)

The Cockettes

2002

as Self

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Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

2001

as Self

Trash

1970

as Holly Sandiago

Women in Revolt

1971

as Holly

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

2026

as Self (archive footage)

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Is There Sex After Death?

1971

as Herself

Milwaukee, Minnesota

2003

as Transvestite

Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

2008

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Dust

2012

as Rita