Vito Russo

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Acting

Known Credits

7

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-07-11

Deathday

1990-11-07 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York, USA

Vito Russo

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.

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Acting

2017
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
2015
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger as Himself (archive footage)
2011
Vito as Himself
1993
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends as Self
1992
Voices from the Front as Himself
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
1974
A Very Natural Thing

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Writing

1996
The Celluloid Closet as Author
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