Caterina Boratto
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
Mysterious Lady
8½
Amalia Pecci Bonetti
Amici miei - Atto III°
Robert's Mother
Un delitto poco comune
Madame Faustine
La Nuit de Varennes
Mother of Carmela
Storia di una monaca di clausura
Della
Il Tigre
Virginia
La casa de las palomas
Madame de Senneville
Once Upon a Crime
Sister Francesca Imbersaga
La monaca di Monza
Elsa Bianchini
Campo de' fiori
L'Ultima Emozione
Self
Fellini nel cestino
Principessa Vorokin
Angeli senza paradiso
La granduchessa Sonia
Hanno rapito un uomo
Marchioness Filangeri
Non stuzzicate la zanzara
Marcella
Marcella
Giannina
I figli del marchese Lucera
Margherita Laroque
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
Stasera mi butto
Silvia Marino
La ragazza fuoristrada
Lady Clark
Diabolik
The Princess
La bellissima estate
Ecuba
Ettore lo fusto
Lady Caroline Lamb
Red Queen
Castle Keep
passante
Lo zio indegno
Giulietta's mother
Giulietta degli spiriti
Boutique Owner
Le orme
Self
Fellini dice...
Kira - The Witch
Sensitività
Self
Block-notes di un regista
Rina
Chi è più felice di me!
Clara Vanzetti
Il tradimento
Paola
Vivere!
Carlotta
32 dicembre
signora Colombo
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
Giuseppina Petacci
Claretta
Agnese Frustalupi
Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?
contessa von Gassner
Ehrengard
Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
Io, io, io... e gli altri
Aunt Amelia
Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te
Signora Castelli
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
Lucy
Primo amore
Per questa notte
Marco's Mother
Una storia d'amore
Un caso d'incoscienza
Madame Castelli
120 Days of Sodom Literally
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
47
Gender
Female
Birthday
1915-03-14
Place of Birth
Rome - Lazio - Italy
Also Known As
Caterino Boratto