Holly Woodlawn, a transgender actress of the Seventies, who was artist Andy Warhol’s muse and inspired singer Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side, died on Sunday in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer. She was 69.

American media said Ms Woodlawn, who recently appeared in two episodes of Amazon’s dark transgender comedy Transparent, had suffered from alcohol and substance abuse for years.

Born Haroldo Danhakl in Puerto Rico, she changed her name to Holly Woodlawn after meeting Warhol and appeared in two of the artist’s films – Trash and Women in Revolt.

Joe Dallesandro, who co-starred with Ms Woodlawn in Trash, said he was with her when she died. He tweeted on Sunday: