Vito Russo

Personal Info

Known For Actor

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.

Known For

Actor

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
1992
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

1974

Writer

1996

Crew

1984