Holly Golightly is the main focus of the 1958 character study novella Breakfast At Tiffany’s, written by Truman Capote. The novella later got adapted into the 1961 romantic comedy classic of the same name, where Holly was played by Audrey Hepburn.
Holly is a child bride who escaped her fate and moved to New York City in the postwar years, quickly culling together a life and financial freedom as a call girl.
While Holly does have relationships with men throughout the novella, she also mentions multiple times her encounters with women ― even going so far at one point to mention she would “settle for Garbo”.
Though she does not use the term “bi” to label herself, her breezy life philosophy is in line with this, eschewing labels that are less likely to pin her down in any way and limit her freedom.
Though the film takes on a romantic filter to her work, Holly in the novella is also blunter about her sex work, making her one of the more complex portrayals of sex work in mainstream American 20th-century literature.