Holly Woodlawn

Known for

Acting

Born

October 26, 1946

Birthplace

Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

Died

December 6, 2015 (aged 69)

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".

Best known work

Transparent

2014

I Am Divine

2014

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

1998

Twin Falls Idaho

1999

Trash

1970

Beautiful Darling

2010

The Cockettes

2002

Women in Revolt

1971

Night Owl

1993

Resident Alien

1990

Filmography

TBA
Girls in Popsongs
TBA
Monty and the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
TBA
Citizens
as Holly Woodlawn
2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Candy Darling
as Self
2023
Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia
2019
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
as (archive footage)
2015
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
as Self
2014
TransparentTV
as Vivian (2 episodes)
2014
I Am Divine
as Self
2013
Lou Reed - Remembered
2013
Continental
as Herself
2012
Dust
as Rita
2012
She Gone Rogue
2010
Beautiful Darling
as Self
2009
Heaven Wants Out
as Evelyn Morton
2008
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
2005
Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia
2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
as Self
2003
Milwaukee, Minnesota
as Transvestite
2002
The Cockettes
as Self
2002
A Look on the Wild Side
as Herself
2001
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
as Self