Holly Woodlawn |
Holly Woodlawn (October 26, 1946 – December 6, 2015) was a transgender Puerto Rican actress and Warhol superstar who appeared in the movies Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1971).[2][3][4] She is best known as the Holly in Lou Reed's hit pop song "Walk on the Wild Side". Contents 1 Early life 2 Movie career 2.1 Appearance 2.2 Cabaret artiste 3 Death 4 Legacy 5 Filmography 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Early life Woodlawn was born in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, to a member of the U.S. Army, and Aminta Rodriguez, a native Puerto Rican, and grew up in Miami Beach, where she came out at a young age.[5] She adopted the name Holly from the heroine of Breakfast at Tiffany's, and in 1969 added the surname from a sign she saw on an episode of I Love Lucy. After changing her name she began to falsely tell people she was the heiress to Woodlawn Cemetery. In 1962, at the age of fifteen, Woodlawn left Florida heading north. She recollects that "I hocked some jewelry and ... made it all the way to Georgia, where the money ran out and ... had to hitchhike the rest of the way" to New York City.[5] She recalled in her memoir, A Low Life in High Heels: At the age of 16, when most kids were cramming for trigonometry exams, I was turning tricks, living off the streets and wondering when my next meal was coming. By 1969, she had considered sex reassignment surgery, but decided against it.
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