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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

9

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-07-11

Day of Death

1990-11-07 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York, USA

Also Known As

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.

Known For

Acting

Vito

2011

Vito

as

Self

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

2015

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

as

Himself (archive footage)

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

2017

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

as

Self (archive footage)

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

as

Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

Production

Crew

Directing