Caterina Boratto
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 14, 1915
- Died
- September 14, 2010
- Birthplace
- Rome - Lazio - Italy
Caterina Boratto (15 March 1915 – 14 September 2010) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1936 and 1993. Born in Turin, Boratto studied at the Musical Lyceum in her hometown with the purpose of becoming a singer; noted by Guido Brignone, she made her debut in To Live, alongside Tito Schipa. Thanks to the film's success, she immediately became a star in the Telefoni Bianchi genre, and also got a seven-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which eventually dissolved because of World War II. In 1943, Boratto lost two brothers, the partisan Renato and the soldier Filiberto, killed in the massacre of the Acqui Division. In 1944, she married a doctor, Armando Ceratto, with whom she had two children. Except for a film in 1951, she basically retired from show business for twenty years before accepting to play two key roles in 8½ and Juliet of the Spirits by Federico Fellini, who had known her in the set of The Peddler and the Lady, where he had served as screenwriter. Starting from the second half of the 1960s, Boratto resumed appearing in films with some regularity, and from the late 1970s, she also became very active on television, being cast in dozens of TV series.
Filmography
Fellini dice... 2006
as Self
Once Upon a Crime 1992
as Madame de Senneville
The Sleazy Uncle 1989
as passante
The Last Emotion 1989
Actor
Phantom of Death 1988
as Robert's Mother
32nd of December 1988
as Carlotta
Un caso d'incoscienza 1985
Actor
My Friends Act III 1985
as Amalia Pecci Bonetti
Claretta 1984
as Giuseppina Petacci
- Fellini nel cestino
Fellini nel cestino 1983
as Self
Ehrengard 1982
as contessa von Gassner
That Night of Varennes 1982
as Madame Faustine
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici 1981
as signora Colombo
The House by the Edge of the Lake 1979
as Kira - The Witch
First Love 1978
as Lucy
This Is the Night 1977
Actor
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1976
as Signora Castelli
Footprints on the Moon 1975
as Boutique Owner
The Beautiful Summer 1974
as The Princess
Story of a Cloistered Nun 1973
as Mother of Carmela
The Off-Road Girl 1973
as Silvia Marino
Lady Caroline Lamb 1972
Actor
The House of Doves 1972
as Virginia
Hector the Mighty 1972
as Ecuba
Symphony of Love 1970
as Principessa Vorokin
Jet Set Swingers 1970
as Marco's Mother
Castle Keep 1969
as Red Queen
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook 1969
as Self
The Lady of Monza 1969
as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
Danger: Diabolik 1968
as Lady Clark
Tonight I'll Throw Me 1967
Actor
Hello... There's a Certain Giuliana for You 1967
as Aunt Amelia
The Tiger and the Pussycat 1967
as Della
Don't Sting the Mosquito 1967
as Marchioness Filangeri
Pardon, Are You for or Against? 1966
as Agnese Frustalupi
Me, Me, Me... and the Others 1966
as Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
Juliet of the Spirits 1965
as Giulietta's mother
8½ 1963
as Mysterious Lady
Double Cross 1951
as Clara Vanzetti
The Peddler and the Lady 1943
as Elsa Bianchini
Dente per dente 1943
as Isabella
Il romanzo di un giovane povero 1942
as Margherita Laroque
I figli del marchese Lucera 1939
as Giannina
Hanno rapito un uomo 1938
as La granduchessa Sonia
Who Is Happier Than I? 1938
as Rina
- Marcella
Marcella 1937
as Marcella
Vivere! 1936
as Paola
Credits from TMDB.