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.
Acted in 50
1990s
- 1992
- 1990
Villa Arzilla
Vittoria Gransasso · 1 episode
1980s
- 1989
The Sleazy Uncle
passante
The Last Emotion
Movie
- 1988
Phantom of Death
Robert's Mother
32nd of December
Carlotta
- 1987
Professione vacanze
Madre di Giangi · 1 episode
- 1985
Un caso d'incoscienza
Movie
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Mansion Owner · 1 episode
- 1984
Claretta
Giuseppina Petacci
The Far Pavilions
Mrs. Chiverton · 2 episodes
- 1982
Ehrengard
contessa von Gassner
That Night of Varennes
Madame Faustine
- 1981
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
signora Colombo
1970s
- 1979
Bel Ami
Mrs. Walter · 4 episodes
Morte a passo di valzer
Lady Mary Cork · 3 episodes
The House by the Edge of the Lake
Kira - The Witch
- 1978
- 1977
This Is the Night
Movie
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
The Beautiful Summer
The Princess
Anna Karenina
Principessa Scerbatzkaja · 4 episodes
- 1973
Story of a Cloistered Nun
Mother of Carmela
The Off-Road Girl
Silvia Marino
- 1972
Lady Caroline Lamb
Movie
The House of Doves
Virginia
Hector the Mighty
Ecuba
- 1970
Jet Set Swingers
Marco's Mother
1960s
- 1969
Castle Keep
Red Queen
The Lady of Monza
Sister Francesca Imbersaga
- 1968
- 1967
Tonight I'll Throw Me
Movie
Hello... There's a Certain Giuliana for You
Aunt Amelia
Don't Sting the Mosquito
Marchioness Filangeri
- 1966
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Agnese Frustalupi
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
- 1965
- 1963
1950s
- 1951
1940s
- 1943
Dente per dente
Isabella
- 1942
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
Margherita Laroque
1930s
- 1939
I figli del marchese Lucera
Giannina
- 1938
Hanno rapito un uomo
La granduchessa Sonia
Who Is Happier Than I?
Rina
- 1936
Vivere!
Paola
Appearances2
2000s
- 2006
1960s
- 1969
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
Self