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.
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Movies (43)
120 Days of Sodom Literally
as Madame Castelli
2025
Fellini dice...
as Self
2006
Once Upon a Crime
as Madame de Senneville
1992
The Sleazy Uncle
as passante
1989
The Last Emotion
1989
Phantom of Death
as Robert's Mother
1988
32nd of December
as Carlotta
1988
Un caso d'incoscienza
1985
My Friends Act III
as Amalia Pecci Bonetti
1985
Claretta
as Giuseppina Petacci
1984
Fellini nel cestino
as Self
1983
Ehrengard
as contessa von Gassner
1982
The Night of Varennes
as Madame Faustine
1982
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
as signora Colombo
1981
The House by the Edge of the Lake
as Kira - The Witch
1979
First Love
as Lucy
1978
This Is the Night
1977
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
as Signora Castelli
1976
Footprints on the Moon
as Boutique Owner
1975
The Beautiful Summer
as The Princess
1974
Story of a Cloistered Nun
as Mother of Carmela
1973
The Off-Road Girl
as Silvia Marino
1973
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
The House of Doves
as Virginia
1972
Hector the Mighty
as Ecuba
1972
Symphony of Love
as Principessa Vorokin
1970
Una storia d'amore
as Marco's Mother
1970
Castle Keep
as Red Queen
1969
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
as Self
1969
The Lady of Monza
as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
1969
Danger: Diabolik
as Lady Clark
1968
Tonight I'll Throw Me
1967
Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te
as Aunt Amelia
1967
The Tiger and the Pussycat
as Della
1967
Don't Sting the Mosquito
as Marchioness Filangeri
1967
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Agnese Frustalupi
1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
1966
Juliet of the Spirits
as Giulietta's mother
1965
8½
as Mysterious Lady
1963
Double Cross
as Clara Vanzetti
1951
The Peddler and the Lady
as Elsa Bianchini
1943
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
as Margherita Laroque
1942
I figli del marchese Lucera
as Giannina
1939
