Caterina Boratto
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.
8½
(Mysterious Lady)
My Friends Act III
(Amalia Pecci Bonetti)
Phantom of Death
(Mrs. Dominici)
The Night of Varennes
(Madame Faustine)
Story of a Cloistered Nun
(Mother of Carmela)
The Tiger and the Pussycat
(Della)
The House of Doves
(Virginia)
Once Upon a Crime
(Madame de Senneville)
The Lady of Monza
(Sister Francesca Imbersaga)
The Peddler and the Lady
(Elsa Bianchini)
The Last Emotion
Fellini nel cestino
(Self)
Symphony of Love
(Principessa Vorokin)
Hanno rapito un uomo
(La granduchessa Sonia)
Don't Sting the Mosquito
(Marchioness Filangeri)
Marcella
(Marcella)
I figli del marchese Lucera
(Giannina)
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
(Margherita Laroque)
Stasera mi butto
La ragazza fuoristrada
(Silvia Marino)
Danger: Diabolik
(Lady Clark)
La bellissima estate
(The Princess)
Hector the Mighty
(Ecuba)
Lady Caroline Lamb
Castle Keep
(Red Queen)
The Sleazy Uncle
(passante)
Juliet of the Spirits
(Giulietta's mother)
Footprints on the Moon
(Boutique Owner)
Fellini dice...
(Self)
The House by the Edge of the Lake
(Kira - The Witch)
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
(Self)
Chi è più felice di me!
(Rina)
Double Cross
(Clara Vanzetti)
Vivere!
(Paola)
32nd of December
(Carlotta)
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
(signora Colombo)
Claretta
(Giuseppina Petacci)
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
(Agnese Frustalupi)
Ehrengard
(contessa von Gassner)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
(Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law)
Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te
(Aunt Amelia)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
(Signora Castelli)
First Love
(Lucy)
This Is the Night
Bel Ami
(Mrs. Walter)
Villa Arzilla
(Vittoria Gransasso)
Morte a passo di valzer
(Lady Mary Cork)
Professione vacanze
(Madre di Giangi)
The Far Pavilions
(Mrs. Chiverton)