Vito Russo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-07-11 (44 years old)

Deathday

1990-11-07

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York, USA

Vito Russo

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.

Acting

2011

Vito

as Himself

1992

2015

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

as Himself (archive footage)

2017

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

Production

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