Name
Caterina Boratto
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-03-14
Deathday
2010-09-14 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome - Lazio - Italy
Biography
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.
Known For
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- 1963 8½ as Mysterious Lady
- 1985 My Friends Act III as Amalia Pecci Bonetti
- 1988 Phantom of Death as Robert's Mother
- 1982 That Night of Varennes as Madame Faustine
- 1973 Story of a Cloistered Nun as Mother of Carmela
- 1967 The Tiger and the Pussycat as Della
- 1972 The House of Doves as Virginia
- 1992 Once Upon a Crime as Madame de Senneville
- 1969 The Lady of Monza as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
- 1943 The Peddler and the Lady as Elsa Bianchini
- 1989 The Last Emotion
- 1983 Fellini nel cestino as Self
- 1970 Symphony of Love as Principessa Vorokin
- 1938 Hanno rapito un uomo as La granduchessa Sonia
- 1967 Don't Sting the Mosquito as Marchioness Filangeri
- 1937 Marcella as Marcella
- 1939 I figli del marchese Lucera as Giannina
- 1942 Il romanzo di un giovane povero as Margherita Laroque
- 1967 Tonight I'll Throw Me
- 1973 The Off-Road Girl as Silvia Marino
- 1968 Danger: Diabolik as Lady Clark
- 1974 The Beautiful Summer as The Princess
- 1972 Hector the Mighty as Ecuba
- 1972 Lady Caroline Lamb
- 1969 Castle Keep as Red Queen
- 1989 The Sleazy Uncle as passante
- 1965 Juliet of the Spirits as Giulietta's mother
- 1975 Footprints on the Moon as Boutique Owner
- 2006 Fellini dice... as Self
- 1979 The House by the Edge of the Lake as Kira - The Witch
- 1969 Fellini: A Director’s Notebook as Self
- 1938 Who Is Happier Than I? as Rina
- 1951 Double Cross as Clara Vanzetti
- 1936 Vivere! as Paola
- 1988 32nd of December as Carlotta
- 1981 Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici as signora Colombo
- 1984 Claretta as Giuseppina Petacci
- 1966 Pardon, Are You for or Against? as Agnese Frustalupi
- 1982 Ehrengard as contessa von Gassner
- 1966 Me, Me, Me... and the Others as Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
- 1967 Hello... There's a Certain Giuliana for You as Aunt Amelia
- 1976 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom as Signora Castelli
- 1978 First Love as Lucy
- 1977 This Is the Night
- 1970 Jet Set Swingers as Marco's Mother
- 1985 Un caso d'incoscienza
- 1943 Dente per dente as Isabella
- 1979 Bel Ami ( 4 episodes ) as Mrs. Walter
- 1990 Villa Arzilla ( 1 episode ) as Vittoria Gransasso
- 1979 Morte a passo di valzer ( 3 episodes ) as Lady Mary Cork
- 1987 Professione vacanze ( 1 episode ) as Madre di Giangi
- 1984 The Far Pavilions ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Chiverton
- 1985 Cinecittà Cinecittà ( 1 episode ) as Mansion Owner
- 1974 Anna Karenina ( 4 episodes ) as Principessa Scerbatzkaja
