Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 11, 1946
Died
November 7, 1990
Age
44
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York, USA
Popularity
0.6
Vito Russo
Acting
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.
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Known For
7.2
The Celluloid Closet
1996 · Movie
7.1
A Very Natural Thing
1974 · Movie
5.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
7.3
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984 · Movie
0.0
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026 · Movie
7.1
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2017 · Movie
6.9
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989 · Movie
6.5
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
2015 · Movie
7.0
Vito
2011 · Movie
0.0
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993 · Movie
0.0
One on One with Vito Russo
2001 · Movie
7.0
Voices from the Front
1992 · Movie
Filmography
2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Movie · Self (archive footage)
0.0
2017
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.1
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · Self (archive)
5.0
2015
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
Movie · Himself (archive footage)
6.5
2011
Vito
Movie · Self (archive)
7.0
2001
One on One with Vito Russo
Movie · Self (archive)
0.0
1993
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
Movie · Self
0.0
1992
Voices from the Front
Movie · Himself
7.0
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Movie · Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
6.9
1974
A Very Natural Thing
Movie
7.1