Vito Russo

Actor

Born: July 11, 1946
Died: November 7, 1990 (age 44)
From: Manhattan, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (10)

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders (2026)
Self (archive footage)
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
Self (archive)
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger (2015)
Himself (archive footage)
Vito (2011)
Self (archive)
One on One with Vito Russo (2001)
Self (archive)
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends (1993)
Self
Voices from the Front (1992)
Himself
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
A Very Natural Thing (1974)