Holly Woodlawn
Acting·October 26, 1946·† December 6, 2015 — 69 years old·Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
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".
Known For
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2026Mineshaft: The Cruising MurdersSelf (archive footage)2025Candy DarlingSelf2023Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia2019Steven Arnold: Heavenly BodiesSelf (archive footage)2015Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes StorySelf2014TransparentTVVivian2014I Am DivineSelf2013Lou Reed - Remembered2013ContinentalHerself2012DustRita2012She Gone Rogue2010Beautiful DarlingSelf2009Heaven Wants OutEvelyn Morton2008Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisSelf2005Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia2004Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie CurtisSelf2003Milwaukee, MinnesotaTransvestite2002The CockettesSelf2002A Look on the Wild SideHerself2001Andy Warhol: The Complete PictureSelf1999Twin Falls IdahoFlamboyant at Party1998Billy's Hollywood Screen KissHolly1996Bubblegum1996Phantom Pain1996Beverly Hills HustlersNon-sexual role1995ScathedMiss Antonia Curtis1995The Matinee IdolParty Guest1993Night OwlBarfly1990Resident AlienPerformer / Actor1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelf1989Nelson Sullivan1986The Sound Of MuzakMaria1979Tally Brown, New York1978Take OffLounge Singer ("1940's")1977This Is AmericaSelf (uncredited)1976Underground and EmigrantsSelf1973Holly WoodlawnSelf1973Broken GoddessHerself1973An American FamilyTVSelf (uncredited)1972The Best of the New York Erotic Film FestivalSelf1972Scarecrow in a Garden of CucumbersEve Harrington / Rhett Butler1972Andy WarholSelf1971Women in RevoltHolly1971Is There Sex After Death?Herself1971Bad Marien's Last YearAngel1970TrashHolly Sandiago