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