Holly Woodlawn

Holly Woodlawn

Acting

Born 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 Reed's hit pop song "Wa…

Known for

Transparent

Transparent

2014

I Am Divine

I Am Divine

2014

The Cockettes

The Cockettes

2002

Trash

Trash

1970

Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia

Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia

2005

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

2015

Milwaukee, Minnesota

Milwaukee, Minnesota

2003

Scathed

1995

Acting(47)

2026Mineshaft: The Cruising MurdersSelf (archive footage)

2025Candy DarlingSelf

2023Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia

2019Steven Arnold: Heavenly BodiesSelf (archive footage)

2015Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes StorySelf

2014TransparentVivian

2014I Am DivineSelf

2013Lou Reed - Remembered

2013ContinentalHerself

2012She Gone Rogue

2010Beautiful DarlingSelf

2009Heaven Wants OutEvelyn Morton

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

2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisSelf

2005Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia

2004Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie CurtisSelf

2003Milwaukee, MinnesotaTransvestite

2002The CockettesSelf

2002A Look on the Wild SideHerself

2001Andy Warhol: The Complete PictureSelf

1999Twin Falls IdahoFlamboyant at Party

1998Billy's Hollywood Screen KissHolly

1996Phantom Pain

1996Beverly Hills HustlersNon-sexual role

1995ScathedMiss Antonia Curtis

1995The Matinee IdolParty Guest

1993Night OwlBarfly

1990Resident AlienPerformer / Actor

1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelf

1989Nelson Sullivan

1986The Sound Of MuzakMaria

1979Tally Brown, New York

1978Take OffLounge Singer ("1940's")

1977This Is AmericaSelf (uncredited)

1976Underground and EmigrantsSelf

1973Holly WoodlawnSelf

1973Broken GoddessHerself

1973An American FamilySelf (uncredited)

1972The Best of the New York Erotic Film FestivalSelf

1972Scarecrow in a Garden of CucumbersEve Harrington / Rhett Butler

1972Andy WarholSelf

1971Women in RevoltHolly

1971Is There Sex After Death?Herself

1971Bad Marien's Last YearAngel

1970TrashHolly Sandiago

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