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".
Holly Woodlawn
Acting
Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Born · Died
Movies
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
Continental· 2013
Herself
Lou Reed - Remembered· 2013
Dust· 2012
Rita
She Gone Rogue· 2012
Beautiful Darling· 2010
Self
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
A Look on the Wild Side· 2002
Herself
The Cockettes· 2002
Self
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture· 2001
Self
Twin Falls Idaho· 1999
Flamboyant at Party
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss· 1998
Holly
Beverly Hills Hustlers· 1996
Non-sexual role
Bubblegum· 1996
Phantom Pain· 1996
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
Nelson Sullivan· 1989
The Sound Of Muzak· 1986
Maria
Tally Brown, New York· 1979
Take Off· 1978
Lounge Singer ("1940's")
This Is America· 1977
Self (uncredited)
Underground and Emigrants· 1976
Self
Broken Goddess· 1973
Herself
Holly Woodlawn· 1973
Self
Andy Warhol· 1972
Self
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers· 1972
Eve Harrington / Rhett Butler
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival· 1972
Self
Bad Marien's Last Year· 1971
Angel
Is There Sex After Death?· 1971
Herself
Women in Revolt· 1971
Holly
Trash· 1970
Holly Sandiago
