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

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

8½

First Love

My Friends Act III

Danger: Diabolik

The Far Pavilions

Professione vacanze

Once Upon a Crime

All Movies (46)

• Fellini dice...2006 · as Self
• Once Upon a Crime1992 · as Madame de Senneville
• The Sleazy Uncle1989 · as passante
• The Last Emotion1989
• Phantom of Death1988 · as Robert's Mother
• 32nd of December1988 · as Carlotta
• Un caso d'incoscienza1985
• My Friends Act III1985 · as Amalia Pecci Bonetti
• Claretta1984 · as Giuseppina Petacci
• Fellini nel cestino1983 · as Self
• Ehrengard1982 · as contessa von Gassner
• That Night of Varennes1982 · as Madame Faustine
• Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici1981 · as signora Colombo
• The House by the Edge of the Lake1979 · as Kira - The Witch
• First Love1978 · as Lucy
• This Is the Night1977
• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1976 · as Signora Castelli
• Footprints on the Moon1975 · as Boutique Owner
• The Beautiful Summer1974 · as The Princess
• Story of a Cloistered Nun1973 · as Mother of Carmela
• The Off-Road Girl1973 · as Silvia Marino
• Lady Caroline Lamb1972
• The House of Doves1972 · as Virginia
• Hector the Mighty1972 · as Ecuba
• Symphony of Love1970 · as Principessa Vorokin
• Una storia d'amore1970 · as Marco's Mother
• Castle Keep1969 · as Red Queen
• Fellini: A Director’s Notebook1969 · as Self
• The Lady of Monza1969 · as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
• Danger: Diabolik1968 · as Lady Clark
• Tonight I'll Throw Me1967
• Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te1967 · as Aunt Amelia
• The Tiger and the Pussycat1967 · as Della
• Don't Sting the Mosquito1967 · as Marchioness Filangeri
• Pardon, Are You for or Against?1966 · as Agnese Frustalupi
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others1966 · as Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
• Juliet of the Spirits1965 · as Giulietta's mother
• 8½1963 · as Mysterious Lady
• Double Cross1951 · as Clara Vanzetti
• The Peddler and the Lady1943 · as Elsa Bianchini
• Il romanzo di un giovane povero1942 · as Margherita Laroque
• I figli del marchese Lucera1939 · as Giannina
• Hanno rapito un uomo1938 · as La granduchessa Sonia
• Who Is Happier Than I?1938 · as Rina
• Marcella1937 · as Marcella
• Vivere!1936 · as Paola

All TV Shows (7)

• Villa Arzilla1990 · as Vittoria Gransasso
• Professione vacanze1987 · as Madre di Giangi
• Cinecittà Cinecittà1985 · as Mansion Owner
• The Far Pavilions1984 · as Mrs. Chiverton
• Bel Ami1979 · as Mrs. Walter
• Morte a passo di valzer1979 · as Lady Mary Cork
• Anna Karenina1974 · as Principessa Scerbatzkaja