Vito Russo
Acting
July 11, 1946
Died November 7, 1990 (44 years old)
Manhattan, New York, USA
11
Acting Credits
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
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive footage)
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Self (archive footage)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
A Very Natural Thing
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
Himself (archive footage)
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Vito
Self (archive)
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
Self
Filmography
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026
as Self (archive footage)
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2017
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive footage)
5
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
2015
as Himself (archive footage)
6.5
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP
2012
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
6.9
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
7
One on One with Vito Russo
2001
as Self (archive)
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993
as Self
Voices from the Front
1992
as Himself
7
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
6.9
A Very Natural Thing
1974
7.1