Person

Vito Russo

Acting · 1946–1990 · Manhattan, New York, USA

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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  A Very Natural Thing

  1974

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  Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

  Self (archive footage)

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  The Celluloid Closet

  Author

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  One on One with Vito Russo

  Self (archive)

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  Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

  Himself (archive footage)

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  The Fabulous Allan Carr

  Self (archive)

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  The Times of Harvey Milk

  Other

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  Voices from the Front

  Himself

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  Vito

  Self (archive)

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  Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

  Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

• 2026Mineshaft: The Cruising MurdersSelf (archive footage)
• 2017The Death and Life of Marsha P. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
• 2017The Fabulous Allan CarrSelf (archive)
• 2015Larry Kramer In Love & AngerHimself (archive footage)
• 2011VitoSelf (archive)
• 2001One on One with Vito RussoSelf (archive)
• 1996The Celluloid ClosetAuthor
• 1993An Evening with Lily Tomlin and FriendsSelf
• 1992Voices from the FrontHimself
• 1989Common Threads: Stories from the QuiltStoryteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
• 1984The Times of Harvey MilkOther
• 1974A Very Natural Thing