Holly Woodlawn

Actor

Born: October 26, 1946
Died: December 6, 2015 (age 69)
From: Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

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 (45)

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders (2026)
Self (archive footage)
Candy Darling (2025)
Self
Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia (2023)
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story (2015)
Self
I Am Divine (2014)
Self
Lou Reed - Remembered (2013)
Continental
Continental (2013)
Herself
Dust (2012)
Rita
She Gone Rogue
She Gone Rogue (2012)
Beautiful Darling (2010)
Self
Heaven Wants Out
Heaven Wants Out (2009)
Evelyn Morton
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory (2008)
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007)
Self
Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia (2005)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis (2004)
Self
Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003)
Transvestite
The Cockettes (2002)
Self
A Look on the Wild Side
A Look on the Wild Side (2002)
Herself
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001)
Self
Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
Flamboyant at Party
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)
Holly
Bubblegum (1996)
Phantom Pain (1996)
Beverly Hills Hustlers (1996)
Non-sexual role
Scathed
Scathed (1995)
Miss Antonia Curtis
The Matinee Idol (1995)
Party Guest
Night Owl (1993)
Barfly
Resident Alien (1990)
Performer / Actor
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
Self