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Puerto Rican actress (1946–2015)

Holly Woodlawn (October 26, 1946 – December 6, 2015) was an American actress and Warhol superstar who appeared in the films Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1971).^[1][2][3] She is also known as the Holly in Lou Reed's hit glam rock song "Walk on the Wild Side".

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Early life

Woodlawn was born in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, to a German-American father who was a soldier in the U.S. Army, and Aminta Rodriguez, a native Puerto Rican,^[4] 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 ran away from home, leaving Florida heading north. She recollected that "I hocked some je Holly Woodlawn - Wikipedia BAZ