Vito Russo

Person · Open Library

Works

3

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Film & TV

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.

Known for

• Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders — Self (archive footage)2026
• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson — Self (archive footage)2017
• The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
• Larry Kramer In Love & Anger — Himself (archive footage)2015
• United in Anger: A History of ACT UP — Self - Writer (archive footage)2012
• Vito — Self (archive)2011
• One on One with Vito Russo — Self (archive)2001
• An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends — Self1993
• Voices from the Front — Himself1992
• Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt — Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)1989

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1969-08-31

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

332

Total plays

660

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Vito

Family name

Russo

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

New York City

Place of death

Manhattan

Occupation

activist

Educated at

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Employer

University of California, Santa Cruz

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Image

§Russo Vito (1946-1990) - foto di Massimo Consoli 28-VI-1989, NY.jpg

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