Holly Woodlawn

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

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Vivian

Trash

Holly Sandiago

Dust

Rita

I Am Divine

Self

Twin Falls Idaho

Flamboyant at Party

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Self

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler

The Cockettes

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia
2019	Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies	Self (archive footage)
2015	Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story	Self
2013	I Am Divine	Self
2013	Continental	Herself
2012	She Gone Rogue
2012	Dust	Rita
2010	Beautiful Darling	Self
2009	Heaven Wants Out	Evelyn Morton
2008	Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
2007	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Self
2005	Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia
2004	Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis	Self
2003	Milwaukee, Minnesota	Transvestite
2002	A Look on the Wild Side	Herself
2002	The Cockettes	Self
2001	Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture	Self
1999	Twin Falls Idaho	Flamboyant at Party
1998	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Holly
1996	Beverly Hills Hustlers
1996	Phantom Pain
1996	Bubblegum
1995	Scathed	Miss Antonia Curtis
1995	The Matinee Idol	Party Guest
1993	Night Owl	Barfly
1990	Resident Alien	Performer / Actor
1990	Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol	Self
1989	Nelson Sullivan
1986	The Sound Of Muzak	Maria
1979	Tally Brown, New York
1978	Take Off	Lounge Singer ("1940's")
1977	This Is America	Self (uncredited)
1976	Underground and Emigrants	Self
1973	Broken Goddess	Herself
1972	The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival	Self
1972	Andy Warhol	Self
1972	Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers	Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler
1971	Women in Revolt	Holly
1971	Is There Sex After Death?	Herself
1971	Bad Marien's Last Year	Angel
1970	Trash	Holly Sandiago
	Holly Woodlawn	Self

Year	TV Show	Role
2014	Transparent	Vivian