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Caterina Boratto

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
53

Gender
Female

Birthday
March 14, 1915 (111 years old)

Place of Birth
Rome - Lazio - Italy

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.

Known For

Acting

2006Fellini dice...as Self
1992Once Upon a Crimeas Madame de Senneville
1990Villa Arzillaas Vittoria Gransasso
1989The Sleazy Uncleas passante
1989The Last Emotionas
1988Phantom of Deathas Robert's Mother
198832nd of Decemberas Carlotta
1987Professione vacanzeas Madre di Giangi
1985Un caso d'incoscienzaas
1985My Friends Act IIIas Amalia Pecci Bonetti
1985Cinecittà Cinecittàas Mansion Owner
1984Clarettaas Giuseppina Petacci
1984The Far Pavilionsas Mrs. Chiverton
1983Fellini nel cestinoas Self
1982Ehrengardas contessa von Gassner
1982That Night of Varennesas Madame Faustine
1981Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amicias signora Colombo
1979Bel Amias Mrs. Walter
1979Morte a passo di valzeras Lady Mary Cork
1979The House by the Edge of the Lakeas Kira - The Witch
1978First Loveas Lucy
1977This Is the Nightas
1976Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodomas Signora Castelli
1975Footprints on the Moonas Boutique Owner
1974The Beautiful Summeras The Princess
1974Anna Kareninaas Principessa Scerbatzkaja
1973Story of a Cloistered Nunas Mother of Carmela
1973The Off-Road Girlas Silvia Marino
1972Lady Caroline Lambas
1972The House of Dovesas Virginia
1972Hector the Mightyas Ecuba
1970Symphony of Loveas Principessa Vorokin
1970Una storia d'amoreas Marco's Mother
1969Castle Keepas Red Queen
1969Fellini: A Director’s Notebookas Self
1969The Lady of Monzaas Sister Francesca Imbersaga
1968Danger: Diabolikas Lady Clark
1967Tonight I'll Throw Meas
1967Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per teas Aunt Amelia
1967The Tiger and the Pussycatas Della
1967Don't Sting the Mosquitoas Marchioness Filangeri
1966Pardon, Are You for or Against?as Agnese Frustalupi
1966Me, Me, Me... and the Othersas Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
1965Juliet of the Spiritsas Giulietta's mother
1963as Mysterious Lady
1951Double Crossas Clara Vanzetti
1943The Peddler and the Ladyas Elsa Bianchini
1942Il romanzo di un giovane poveroas Margherita Laroque
1939I figli del marchese Luceraas Giannina
1938Hanno rapito un uomoas La granduchessa Sonia
1938Who Is Happier Than I?as Rina
1937Marcellaas Marcella
1936Vivere!as Paola

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