Holly woodlawn autobiography samples
My personal autobiography samples.
Holly Woodlawn
Puerto Rican actress (–)
Holly Woodlawn (October 26, – December 6, ) was an American actress and Warhol superstar who appeared in the films Trash () and Women in Revolt ().[1][2][3] She is also known as the Holly in Lou Reed's hit glam rock song "Walk on the Wild Side".
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 added the surname from a sign she saw on an episode of I Love Lucy.
Holly woodlawn autobiography samples
After changing her name she began to falsely tell people she was the heiress to Woodlawn Cemetery.
In , at the age of fifteen, Woodlawn ran away from home, leaving Florida heading north. She recollected that "I hocked some jewelry and made it all the way to G