Holly Woodlawn

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Holly Woodlawn

Acting October 26, 1946

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 Re…

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Transparent

Transparent

6.4 2014 TV Show
I Am Divine

I Am Divine

7.3 2014 Movie
Twin Falls Idaho

Twin Falls Idaho

6.9 1999 Movie
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

5.9 1998 Movie
Trash

Trash

5.7 1970 Movie
The Cockettes

The Cockettes

6.9 2002 Movie
Beautiful Darling

Beautiful Darling

6.3 2010 Movie
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

5.7 2015 Movie
Night Owl

Night Owl

4.0 1993 Movie
Monty and the Movies

Monty and the Movies

Movie
An American Family

An American Family

5.4 1973 TV Show
Women in Revolt

Women in Revolt

5.2 1971 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2025
    Candy Darling

    Movie Self

  3. 2023
    Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia

    Movie

  4. 2019
    Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2016
    Andy Warhol, Fluorescent

    Movie (archive footage)

  6. 2015
    Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

    Movie Self

  7. 2014
    Transparent

    TV show Vivian

  8. 2014
    I Am Divine

    Movie Self

  9. 2013
    Lou Reed - Remembered

    Movie

  10. 2013
    Continental

    Movie Herself

  11. 2012
    Dust

    Movie Rita

  12. 2012
    She Gone Rogue

    Movie

  13. 2010
    Beautiful Darling

    Movie Self

  14. 2009
    Heaven Wants Out

    Movie Evelyn Morton

  15. 2008
    Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

    Movie

  16. 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2005
    Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia

    Movie

  2. 2004
    Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

    Movie Self

  3. 2003
    Milwaukee, Minnesota

    Movie Transvestite

  4. 2002
    The Cockettes

    Movie Self

  5. 2002
    A Look on the Wild Side

    Movie Herself

  6. 2001
    Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

    Movie Self

  7. 1999
    Twin Falls Idaho

    Movie Flamboyant at Party

  8. 1998
    Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

    Movie Holly

  9. 1996
    Bubblegum

    Movie

  10. 1996
    Phantom Pain

    Movie

  11. 1996
    Beverly Hills Hustlers

    Movie Non-sexual role

  12. 1995
    Scathed

    Movie Miss Antonia Curtis

  13. 1995
    The Matinee Idol

    Movie Party Guest

  14. 1993
    Night Owl

    Movie Barfly

  15. 1990
    Resident Alien

    Movie Performer / Actor

  16. 1990
    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Movie Self

  17. 1989
    Nelson Sullivan

    Movie

  18. 1986
    The Sound Of Muzak

    Movie Maria

  19. 1979
    Tally Brown, New York

    Movie

  20. 1978
    Take Off

    Movie Lounge Singer ("1940's")

  21. 1977
    This Is America

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  22. 1976
    Underground and Emigrants

    Movie Self

  23. 1973
    Holly Woodlawn

    Movie Self

  24. 1973
    Broken Goddess

    Movie Herself