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 footage)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger (2015)
as Himself (archive footage)
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends (1993)
as Self
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Voices from the Front (1992)
as Himself
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (2012)
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
One on One with Vito Russo (2001)
as Self (archive)