Caterina Boratto
Acting
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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movieOnce Upon a Crime
1992
Madame de Senneville
tvVilla Arzilla
1990
Vittoria Gransasso
movieThe Sleazy Uncle
1989
passante
moviePhantom of Death
1988
Robert's Mother
movie32nd of December
1988
Carlotta
tvProfessione vacanze
1987
Madre di Giangi
movieMy Friends Act III
1985
Amalia Pecci Bonetti
tvCinecittà Cinecittà
1985
Mansion Owner
movieClaretta
1984
Giuseppina Petacci
tvThe Far Pavilions
1984
Mrs. Chiverton
movieEhrengard
1982
contessa von Gassner
movieThat Night of Varennes
1982
Madame Faustine
movieUno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
1981
signora Colombo
tvBel Ami
1979
Mrs. Walter
tvMorte a passo di valzer
1979
Lady Mary Cork
movieThe House by the Edge of the Lake
1979
Kira - The Witch
movieSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976
Signora Castelli
movieFootprints on the Moon
1975
Boutique Owner
movieThe Beautiful Summer
1974
The Princess
tvAnna Karenina
1974
Principessa Scerbatzkaja
movieStory of a Cloistered Nun
1973
Mother of Carmela
movieThe Off-Road Girl
1973
Silvia Marino
movieThe House of Doves
1972
Virginia
movieSymphony of Love
1970
Principessa Vorokin
movieUna storia d'amore
1970
Marco's Mother
movieCastle Keep
1969
Red Queen
movieThe Lady of Monza
1969
Sister Francesca Imbersaga
movieDanger: Diabolik
1968
Lady Clark
movieDon't Sting the Mosquito
1967
Marchioness Filangeri
moviePardon, Are You for or Against?
1966
Agnese Frustalupi
movieMe, Me, Me... and the Others
1966
Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
movieJuliet of the Spirits
1965
Giulietta's mother
movie8½
1963
Mysterious Lady
movieDouble Cross
1951
Clara Vanzetti
movieThe Peddler and the Lady
1943
Elsa Bianchini
movieDente per dente
1943
Isabella
movieIl romanzo di un giovane povero
1942
Margherita Laroque
movieHanno rapito un uomo
1938
La granduchessa Sonia
Marcella
1937
Marcella
movieVivere!
1936
Paola