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Birthday: Jul 11, 1946
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, USA

Vito Russo

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Vito Himself 2011
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends Self 1993
Voices from the Front Himself 1992
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger Himself (archive footage) 2015
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Self (archive footage) 2017
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik) 1989
A Very Natural Thing 1974
Series Cast Year
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