LOS ANGELES — Holly Woodlawn, the transgender actress made famous by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey in their 1970s films “Trash” and “Women in Revolt,” has died.

Woodlawn died Sunday in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer, said her former caretaker and friend, Mariela Huerta. She was 69.

Born Harold Danhakl, she took on the name Holly Woodlawn after running away from home at age 15 and hitchhiking to New York City, where she became one of Warhol’s drag queen “superstars.” Her story was immortalized in the first lines of the Lou Reed song “Walk on the Wild Side.”

Woodlawn received critical acclaim for her film roles, but she couldn’t find mainstream success.