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Vito Russo

Vito Russo

Actor · 1946–1990 · 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.

Acted in 2

1980s

  1. 1989

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

Wrote 1

1990s

  1. 1996

    The Celluloid Closet

    Author

Other crew 1

Appearances9

2020s

  1. 2026

    Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2017

    The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

    Self (archive footage)

    78

  2. The Fabulous Allan Carr

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 2015

    Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

    Himself (archive footage)

    74
  4. 2012

    United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

    Self - Writer (archive footage)

  5. 2011

    Vito

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2001

    One on One with Vito Russo

    Self (archive)

1990s

  1. 1993

    An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

    Self

  2. 1992

    Voices from the Front

    Himself