
Vito Russo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Died
- November 7, 1990 (aged 44)
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, USA
Biography
Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet, described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry.
Known For

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Celluloid Closet

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

A Very Natural Thing

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Vito

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Voices from the Front

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Filmography

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP
Movie · as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Vito
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

One on One with Vito Russo
Movie · as Self (archive)

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
Movie · as Self

Voices from the Front
Movie · as Himself

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Movie · as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

A Very Natural Thing
Movie