About

Known credits:
47
Birthday:
1915-03-14
Place of birth:
Rome - Lazio - Italy
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Caterina Boratto

Overview

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

Acting
1992 Once Upon a Crime Actor Madame de Senneville 58
Average
1990 Villa Arzilla Actor Vittoria Gransasso N/A
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1989 The Sleazy Uncle Actor passante 58
Average
1989 The Last Emotion Actor 58
Average
1988 Phantom of Death Actor Mrs. Dominici 58
Average
1988 32nd of December Actor Carlotta 60
Fair
1985 Un caso d'incoscienza Actor N/A
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1985 My Friends Act III Actor Amalia Pecci Bonetti 60
Fair
1984 Claretta Actor Giuseppina Petacci N/A
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1983 Fellini nel cestino Actor Self 59
Average
1982 Ehrengard Actor contessa von Gassner N/A
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1982 The Night of Varennes Actor Madame Faustine 59
Average
1981 Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici Actor signora Colombo 59
Average
1979 Bel Ami Actor Mrs. Walter N/A
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1979 The House by the Edge of the Lake Actor Kira - The Witch 58
Average
1978 First Love Actor Lucy 58
Average
1977 This Is the Night Actor N/A
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1976 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Actor Signora Castelli 63
Fair
1975 Footprints on the Moon Actor Boutique Owner 59
Average
1974 La bellissima estate Actor The Princess N/A
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1973 Story of a Cloistered Nun Actor Mother of Carmela 58
Average
1973 La ragazza fuoristrada Actor Silvia Marino 59
Average
1972 Lady Caroline Lamb Actor 59
Average
1972 The House of Doves Actor Virginia 58
Average
1972 Hector the Mighty Actor Ecuba 58
Average
1970 Symphony of Love Actor Principessa Vorokin 59
Average
1970 Una storia d'amore Actor Marco's Mother 58
Average
1969 Castle Keep Actor Red Queen 58
Average
1969 Fellini: A Director’s Notebook Actor Self 59
Average
1969 The Lady of Monza Actor Sister Francesca Imbersaga 58
Average
1968 Danger: Diabolik Actor Lady Clark 60
Fair
1967 Stasera mi butto Actor 58
Average
1967 Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te Actor Aunt Amelia 58
Average
1967 The Tiger and the Pussycat Actor Della 59
Average
1967 Don't Sting the Mosquito Actor Marchioness Filangeri 58
Average
1966 Pardon, Are You for or Against? Actor Agnese Frustalupi 58
Average
1966 Me, Me, Me... and the Others Actor Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law 58
Average
1965 Juliet of the Spirits Actor Giulietta's mother 64
Fair
1963 8½ Actor Mysterious Lady 77
Good
1951 Double Cross Actor Clara Vanzetti 59
Average
1943 The Peddler and the Lady Actor Elsa Bianchini 59
Average
1942 Il romanzo di un giovane povero Actor Margherita Laroque N/A
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1939 I figli del marchese Lucera Actor Giannina N/A
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1938 Hanno rapito un uomo Actor La granduchessa Sonia 59
Average
1938 Chi è più felice di me! Actor Rina N/A
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1937 Marcella Actor Marcella N/A
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1936 Vivere! Actor Paola N/A
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