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Holly Woodlawn

Holly Woodlawn

Actor · 1946–2015 · Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

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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".

Acted in 23

2020s

  1. 2023

    Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2016

    Andy Warhol, Fluorescent

    (archive footage)

  2. 2014
  3. 2013

    Lou Reed - Remembered

    Movie

  4. 2012

    Dust

    Rita

2000s

  1. 2008

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

    Movie

  2. 2005

    Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia

    Movie

  3. 2003

    Milwaukee, Minnesota

    Transvestite

1990s

  1. 1999

    Twin Falls Idaho

    Flamboyant at Party

  2. 1998

    Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

    Holly

  3. 1996

    Bubblegum

    Movie

  4. Phantom Pain

    Movie

  5. Beverly Hills Hustlers

    Non-sexual role

  6. 1995

    The Matinee Idol

    Party Guest

  7. 1993

    Night Owl

    Barfly

  8. 1990

    Resident Alien

    Performer / Actor

1980s

  1. 1989

    Nelson Sullivan

    Movie

  2. 1986

    The Sound Of Muzak

    Maria

1970s

  1. 1979

    Tally Brown, New York

    Movie

  2. 1978

    Take Off

    Lounge Singer ("1940's")

  3. 1972

    Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

    Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler

  4. 1971

    Women in Revolt

    Holly

  5. 1970

    Trash

    Holly Sandiago

Appearances18

2020s

  1. 2026

    Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2025

    Candy Darling

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019

    Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2015

    Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

    Self

  3. 2014
  4. 2010

    Beautiful Darling

    Self

2000s

  1. 2007

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Self

  2. 2004

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

    Self

  3. 2002

    The Cockettes

    Self

1990s

  1. 1990

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Self

1970s

  1. 1977

    This Is America

    Self (uncredited)

  2. 1976

    Underground and Emigrants

    Self

  3. 1973

    Holly Woodlawn

    Self

  4. Broken Goddess

    Herself

  5. An American Family

    Self (uncredited) · 1 episode

  6. 1972

    The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival

    Self

  7. Andy Warhol

    Self

No release date

  1. Monty and the Movies

    Self (archive footage)