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.
Filmography
Fellini dice...
as Self
Fellini dice...
as Self
Once Upon a Crime
as Madame de Senneville
Once Upon a Crime
as Madame de Senneville
Phantom of Death
as Robert's Mother
Phantom of Death
as Robert's Mother
Un caso d'incoscienza
Un caso d'incoscienza
Claretta
as Giuseppina Petacci
Claretta
as Giuseppina Petacci
Fellini nel cestino
as Self
Fellini nel cestino
as Self
That Night of Varennes
as Madame Faustine
That Night of Varennes
as Madame Faustine
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
as signora Colombo
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
as signora Colombo
This Is the Night
This Is the Night
The Beautiful Summer
as The Princess
The Beautiful Summer
as The Princess
The Off-Road Girl
as Silvia Marino
The Off-Road Girl
as Silvia Marino
Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb
Hector the Mighty
as Ecuba
Hector the Mighty
as Ecuba
Symphony of Love
as Principessa Vorokin
Symphony of Love
as Principessa Vorokin
Una storia d'amore
as Marco's Mother
Una storia d'amore
as Marco's Mother
Castle Keep
as Red Queen
Castle Keep
as Red Queen
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
as Self
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
as Self
The Lady of Monza
as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
The Lady of Monza
as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
Danger: Diabolik
as Lady Clark
Danger: Diabolik
as Lady Clark
Tonight I'll Throw Me
Tonight I'll Throw Me
Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te
as Aunt Amelia
Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te
as Aunt Amelia
Don't Sting the Mosquito
as Marchioness Filangeri
Don't Sting the Mosquito
as Marchioness Filangeri
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Agnese Frustalupi
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Agnese Frustalupi
Juliet of the Spirits
as Giulietta's mother
Juliet of the Spirits
as Giulietta's mother
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
as Margherita Laroque
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
as Margherita Laroque
I figli del marchese Lucera
as Giannina
I figli del marchese Lucera
as Giannina