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Vito Russo

Vito Russo

Known for
Acting
Born
July 11, 1946
Died
November 7, 1990 (aged 44)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York, USA
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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 poster

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Celluloid Closet poster

The Celluloid Closet

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson poster

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

A Very Natural Thing poster

A Very Natural Thing

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt poster

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Vito poster

Vito

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger poster

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP poster

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

The Fabulous Allan Carr poster

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Voices from the Front poster

Voices from the Front

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends poster

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders poster

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

Filmography

2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders poster

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson poster

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr poster

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger poster

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2012
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP poster

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

Movie · as Self - Writer (archive footage)

2011
Vito poster

Vito

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
One on One with Vito Russo poster

One on One with Vito Russo

Movie · as Self (archive)

1993
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends poster

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

Movie · as Self

1992
Voices from the Front poster

Voices from the Front

Movie · as Himself

1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt poster

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Movie · as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

1974
A Very Natural Thing poster

A Very Natural Thing

Movie

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