Vito Russo

Vito Russo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

11/07/1946

Day of Death

07/11/1990
(44) years old

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

Cast

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 Self

1992

Voices from the Front

as Himself

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevc...