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Vito Russo

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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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BornJuly 11, 1946

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An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
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Self
1993
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
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Self (archive footage)
2017
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
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Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
1989
Vito
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Self
2011

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

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Born
July 11, 1946
Manhattan, New York, USA

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