Caterina Boratto
Acting
Born: 1915-03-14 in 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
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Signora Castelli
8½
Mysterious Lady
First Love
Lucy
Once Upon a Crime
Madame de Senneville
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Mansion Owner
Fellini dice...
Self
My Friends Act III
Amalia Pecci Bonetti
The Peddler and the Lady
Elsa Bianchini
Professione vacanze
Madre di Giangi
Danger: Diabolik
Lady Clark
That Night of Varennes
Madame Faustine
Castle Keep
Red Queen
Juliet of the Spirits
Giulietta's mother
Double Cross
Clara Vanzetti
The Far Pavilions
Mrs. Chiverton
Claretta
Giuseppina Petacci
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
Story of a Cloistered Nun
Mother of Carmela
The Lady of Monza
Sister Francesca Imbersaga
Lady Caroline Lamb
The House by the Edge of the Lake
Kira - The Witch
Symphony of Love
Principessa Vorokin
Anna Karenina
Principessa Scerbatzkaja
The Off-Road Girl
Silvia Marino
Villa Arzilla
Vittoria Gransasso
Bel Ami
Mrs. Walter
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Agnese Frustalupi
Phantom of Death
Robert's Mother
32nd of December
Carlotta
Hector the Mighty
Ecuba
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
signora Colombo
The Beautiful Summer
The Princess
Tonight I'll Throw Me
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Della
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
Self
The Last Emotion
Footprints on the Moon
Boutique Owner
Dente per dente
Isabella
I figli del marchese Lucera
Giannina