Holly Woodlawn, who passed away at age 69 in 2015 was a transgender actress. She achieved underground stardom in the 1970 film "Trash." At Andy Warhol's famous New York City studio The Factory, Ms. Woodlawn caught the attention of film ...See moreHolly Woodlawn, who passed away at age 69 in 2015 was a transgender actress. She achieved underground stardom in the 1970 film "Trash." At Andy Warhol's famous New York City studio The Factory, Ms. Woodlawn caught the attention of film director Paul Morrissey, Warhol's partner in making experimental films. Mr. Morrissey cast her in "Trash" as the long-suffering paramour of a heroin addict who lives in squalor on the Lower East Side, played by Joe Dallesandro. Ms. Woodlawn took her place in the Warhol pantheon alongside two other brand-new stars, the transgender actresses Jackie Curtis and Candy Darling. Together these three brought a daffy, deadpan style to Mr. Morrissey's next film, "Women in Revolt," also produced by Warhol. Holly also had some success as a cabaret artist in the late 1970s. She relocated to West Hollywood in the 1990s continued her cabaret career, and had occasional cameo roles in films like "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss" in 1998 and, in 2014, the Amazon television series "Transparent." Written by
Craig Calman
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