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Holly Woodlawn

Acting
Adult · 18+
Born 1946-10-26 · Died 2015-12-06
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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".

Filmography

46 credits across movies and TV

Resident Alien
Movie

Resident Alien

1990 · Performer / Actor

Night Owl
Movie

Night Owl

1993 · Barfly

This Is America
Movie

This Is America

1977 · Self (uncredited)

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
Movie

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

1998 · Holly

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
Movie

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

2015 · Self

Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia
Movie

Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia

2005

Scathed
Movie

Scathed

1995 · Miss Antonia Curtis

Trash
Movie

Trash

1970 · Holly Sandiago

The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
Movie

The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival

1972 · Self

Beverly Hills Hustlers
Movie

Beverly Hills Hustlers

1996 · Non-sexual role

Women in Revolt
Movie

Women in Revolt

1971 · Holly

Take Off
Movie

Take Off

1978 · Lounge Singer ("1940's")

Is There Sex After Death?
Movie

Is There Sex After Death?

1971 · Herself

I Am Divine
Movie

I Am Divine

2014 · Self

Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia
Movie

Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia

2023

Andy Warhol
Movie

Andy Warhol

1972 · Self

Bad Marien's Last Year
Movie

Bad Marien's Last Year

1971 · Angel

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
Movie

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

1972 · Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler

Heaven Wants Out
Movie

Heaven Wants Out

2009 · Evelyn Morton

The Sound Of Muzak
Movie

The Sound Of Muzak

1986 · Maria

Phantom Pain
Movie

Phantom Pain

1996

Tally Brown, New York
Movie

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Underground and Emigrants
Movie

Underground and Emigrants

1976 · Self

Nelson Sullivan
Movie

Nelson Sullivan

1989

She Gone Rogue
Movie

She Gone Rogue

2012

Dust
Movie

Dust

2012 · Rita

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Movie

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2007 · Self

Beautiful Darling
Movie

Beautiful Darling

2010 · Self

A Look on the Wild Side
Movie

A Look on the Wild Side

2002 · Herself

Broken Goddess
Movie

Broken Goddess

1973 · Herself

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

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

2004 · Self

Bubblegum
Movie

Bubblegum

1996

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
Movie

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Movie

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

2001 · Self

Continental
Movie

Continental

2013 · Herself

The Cockettes
Movie

The Cockettes

2002 · Self

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Movie

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990 · Self

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

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

2008

Twin Falls Idaho
Movie

Twin Falls Idaho

1999 · Flamboyant at Party

The Matinee Idol
Movie

The Matinee Idol

1995 · Party Guest

Holly Woodlawn
Movie

Holly Woodlawn

1973 · Self

Milwaukee, Minnesota
Movie

Milwaukee, Minnesota

2003 · Transvestite

Candy Darling
Movie

Candy Darling

2025 · Self

Lou Reed - Remembered
Movie

Lou Reed - Remembered

2013

Transparent
TV

Transparent

2014 · Vivian

An American Family
TV

An American Family

1973 · Self (uncredited)