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

Monty and the Movies

as Self (archive footage)

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Trash

1970

as Holly Sandiago

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

2015

as Self

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Citizens

as Holly Woodlawn

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

2026

as Self (archive footage)

The Cockettes

2002

as Self

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A Look on the Wild Side

2002

as Herself

Candy Darling

2025

as Self

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990

as Self

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

1972

as Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

1998

as Holly

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

2004

as Self

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Is There Sex After Death?

1971

as Herself

Twin Falls Idaho

1999

as Flamboyant at Party

Andy Warhol, Fluorescent

2016

as (archive footage)

Night Owl

1993

as Barfly

This Is America

1977

as Self (uncredited)

Women in Revolt

1971

as Holly