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.
Acting
Movie
8½
as Mysterious Lady
1963
Movie
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
as Signora Castelli
1976
Movie
Juliet of the Spirits
as Giulietta's mother
1965
Movie
Danger: Diabolik
as Lady Clark
1968
Movie
My Friends Act III
as Amalia Pecci Bonetti
1985
Movie
Once Upon a Crime
as Madame de Senneville
1992
Movie
Castle Keep
as Red Queen
1969
Movie
That Night of Varennes
as Madame Faustine
1982
Movie
Footprints on the Moon
as Boutique Owner
1975
Movie
32nd of December
as Carlotta
1988
Movie
Phantom of Death
as Robert's Mother
1988
Movie
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
as signora Colombo
1981
Movie
The Tiger and the Pussycat
as Della
1967
Movie
First Love
as Lucy
1978
Movie
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
as Self
1969
Movie
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Agnese Frustalupi
1966
Movie
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
1966
Movie
Story of a Cloistered Nun
as Mother of Carmela
1973
Movie
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
Movie
The Peddler and the Lady
as Elsa Bianchini
1943
Movie
The Lady of Monza
as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
1969
TV
The Far Pavilions
as Mrs. Chiverton
1984
Movie
The House of Doves
as Virginia
1972
Movie
Tonight I'll Throw Me
1967