# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vito-russo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:47:49.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vito-russo"
name: "Vito Russo"
slug: "vito-russo"
description: "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. In 1985, he co-founded the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a media watchdog organization that strives to end anti-LGBT rhetoric, and advocates for LGBTQ inclusion in popular media."
tagline: "American writer (1946–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C2%A7Russo_Vito_(1946-1990)_-_foto_di_Massimo_Consoli_28-VI-1989%2C_NY.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1946-07-11"
deathDate: "1990-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.64
  momentum:             2.501108647450111
  historical:           12.96815066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751752/"
    handle:    "nm0751752"
sources:
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    title: "维托·鲁索"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيتو روسو"
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    title: "فيتو روسو"
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    title: "ڤیتۆ ڕوسۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vito Russo"
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    title: "Vito Russo"
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    title: "Vito Russo"
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    title: "Vito Russo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Russo"
    title: "Vito Russo"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Russo"
    title: "Vito Russo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vito Russo"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump