Acting

Holly Woodlawn

Born 1946-10-26 · Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

Died 2015-12-06

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".

Credits

Newest first

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Candy Darling
as Self
2025
Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia
2023
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent
as (archive footage)
2016
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story
as Self
2015
Transparent
as Vivian
2014
I Am Divine
as Self
2014
Lou Reed - Remembered
2013
Continental
as Herself
2013
Dust
as Rita
2012
She Gone Rogue
2012
Beautiful Darling
as Self
2010
Heaven Wants Out
as Evelyn Morton
2009
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
2008
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
2007
Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia
2005
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
as Self
2004
Milwaukee, Minnesota
as Transvestite
2003
The Cockettes
as Self
2002
A Look on the Wild Side
as Herself
2002
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
as Self
2001
Twin Falls Idaho
as Flamboyant at Party
1999
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
as Holly
1998
Bubblegum
1996
Phantom Pain
1996
Beverly Hills Hustlers
as Non-sexual role
1996
Scathed
as Miss Antonia Curtis
1995
The Matinee Idol
as Party Guest
1995
Night Owl
as Barfly
1993
Resident Alien
as Performer / Actor
1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self
1990
Nelson Sullivan
1989
The Sound Of Muzak
as Maria
1986
Tally Brown, New York
1979
Take Off
as Lounge Singer ("1940's")
1978
This Is America
as Self (uncredited)
1977
Underground and Emigrants
as Self
1976
Holly Woodlawn
as Self
1973
Broken Goddess
as Herself
1973
An American Family
as Self (uncredited)
1973
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
as Self
1972
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
as Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler
1972
Andy Warhol
as Self
1972
Women in Revolt
as Holly
1971
Is There Sex After Death?
as Herself
1971
Bad Marien's Last Year
as Angel
1971
Trash
as Holly Sandiago
1970
Girls in Popsongs
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Monty and the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
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Citizens
as Holly Woodlawn
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