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