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Holly Woodlawn (October 26, 1946 – December 6, 2015) was a transgender American actress and Warhol superstar who appeared in the films Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1971). She is also known as the Holly in Lou Reed's hit glam rock song "Walk on the Wild Side".
Holly Woodlawn was a Puerto Rican-born actress and drag queen who starred in films like Women in Revolt and Trash. She co-wrote her autobiography A Lowlife in Highheels and inspired Lou Reed's song "Take a Walk on the Wild Side".
- Actress, Additional Crew
- October 26, 1946
- 3 min
- December 6, 2015
Dec 7, 2015 · Dec. 7, 2015. Holly Woodlawn, a transgender actress who achieved underground stardom with her affecting performance as a starry-eyed down-and-outer in the 1970 film “Trash,” died on Sunday in...
Dec 7, 2015 · Getty Images. Holly Woodlawn left her Puerto Rico home aged 15 for New York, where she met Andy Warhol. Holly Woodlawn, the transgender actress who inspired Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side...
Dec 7, 2015 · This is the first verse of Lou Reed’s iconic “Walk on the Wild Side,” and the Holly of note is the actor and author Holly Woodlawn, who passed away yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 69....
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Dec 7, 2015 · Holly Woodlawn – Warhol superstar, transgender role model and inspiration behind Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side – died on 6 December after battling brain and liver cancer. She was 69. At 16,...
Dec 7, 2015 · Holly Woodlawn, the ebullient transgender actress who starred in Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey’s 1970s films “Trash” and “Women in Revolt” and was immortalized in the first lines of the Lou...
