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