Caterina Boratto
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.
120 Days of Sodom Literally
Madame Castelli
Fellini dice...
Self
Once Upon a Crime
Madame de Senneville
The Sleazy Uncle
passante
The Last Emotion
Phantom of Death
Robert's Mother
32nd of December
Carlotta
Un caso d'incoscienza
My Friends Act III
Amalia Pecci Bonetti
Claretta
Giuseppina Petacci
Fellini nel cestino
Self
Ehrengard
contessa von Gassner
That Night of Varennes
Madame Faustine
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
signora Colombo
The House by the Edge of the Lake
Kira - The Witch
First Love
Lucy
This Is the Night
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Signora Castelli
Footprints on the Moon
Boutique Owner
The Beautiful Summer
The Princess
Story of a Cloistered Nun
Mother of Carmela
The Off-Road Girl
Silvia Marino
Lady Caroline Lamb
The House of Doves
Virginia
Hector the Mighty
Ecuba
Symphony of Love
Principessa Vorokin
Una storia d'amore
Marco's Mother
Castle Keep
Red Queen
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
Self
The Lady of Monza
Sister Francesca Imbersaga
Danger: Diabolik
Lady Clark
Tonight I'll Throw Me
Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te
Aunt Amelia
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Della
Don't Sting the Mosquito
Marchioness Filangeri
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Agnese Frustalupi
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
Juliet of the Spirits
Giulietta's mother
8½
Mysterious Lady
Double Cross
Clara Vanzetti
The Peddler and the Lady
Elsa Bianchini
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
Margherita Laroque
I figli del marchese Lucera
Giannina
Hanno rapito un uomo
La granduchessa Sonia
Who Is Happier Than I?
Rina
Marcella
Marcella
Vivere!
Paola