Holly Woodlawn

Holly Woodlawn

Known for
Acting
Born
October 26, 1946
Died
December 6, 2015 (aged 69)
Birthplace
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".

Known For

Filmography

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Girls in Popsongs

Girls in Popsongs

Movie

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Monty and the Movies poster

Monty and the Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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Citizens

Citizens

Movie · as Holly Woodlawn

2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders poster

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Candy Darling poster

Candy Darling

Movie · as Self

2023
Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia poster

Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia

Movie

2019
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies poster

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent poster

Andy Warhol, Fluorescent

Movie · as (archive footage)

2015
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story poster

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

Movie · as Self

2014
I Am Divine poster

I Am Divine

Movie · as Self

2014
Transparent poster

Transparent

TV · as Vivian · 2 eps

2013
Continental

Continental

Movie · as Herself

2013
Lou Reed - Remembered poster

Lou Reed - Remembered

Movie

2012
She Gone Rogue

She Gone Rogue

Movie

2012
Dust poster

Dust

Movie · as Rita

2010
Beautiful Darling poster

Beautiful Darling

Movie · as Self

2009
Heaven Wants Out

Heaven Wants Out

Movie · as Evelyn Morton

2008
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory poster

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

Movie

2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis poster

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

Movie · as Self

2005
Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia poster

Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia

Movie

2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis poster

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

Movie · as Self

2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota poster

Milwaukee, Minnesota

Movie · as Transvestite

2002
A Look on the Wild Side

A Look on the Wild Side

Movie · as Herself

2002
The Cockettes poster

The Cockettes

Movie · as Self

2001
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

Movie · as Self

1999
Twin Falls Idaho poster

Twin Falls Idaho

Movie · as Flamboyant at Party

1998
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss poster

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

Movie · as Holly

1996
Beverly Hills Hustlers poster

Beverly Hills Hustlers

Movie · as Non-sexual role

1996
Phantom Pain poster

Phantom Pain

Movie

1996
Bubblegum poster

Bubblegum

Movie

1995
Scathed

Scathed

Movie · as Miss Antonia Curtis

1995
The Matinee Idol poster

The Matinee Idol

Movie · as Party Guest

1993
Night Owl poster

Night Owl

Movie · as Barfly

1990
Resident Alien poster

Resident Alien

Movie · as Performer / Actor

1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol poster

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Movie · as Self

1989
Nelson Sullivan poster

Nelson Sullivan

Movie

1986
The Sound Of Muzak poster

The Sound Of Muzak

Movie · as Maria

1979
Tally Brown, New York poster

Tally Brown, New York

Movie

1978
Take Off poster

Take Off

Movie · as Lounge Singer ("1940's")

1977
This Is America poster

This Is America

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1976
Underground and Emigrants poster

Underground and Emigrants

Movie · as Self

1973
Broken Goddess poster

Broken Goddess

Movie · as Herself

1973
Holly Woodlawn poster

Holly Woodlawn

Movie · as Self

1973
An American Family poster

An American Family

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1972
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival poster

The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival

Movie · as Self

1972
Andy Warhol poster

Andy Warhol

Movie · as Self

1972
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers poster

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

Movie · as Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler

1971
Women in Revolt poster

Women in Revolt

Movie · as Holly

1971
Is There Sex After Death?

Is There Sex After Death?

Movie · as Herself

1971
Bad Marien's Last Year

Bad Marien's Last Year

Movie · as Angel

1970
Trash poster

Trash

Movie · as Holly Sandiago