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Caterina Boratto
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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, w…
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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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Fellini dice...
as Self
Once Upon a Crime
as Madame de Senneville
The Sleazy Uncle
as passante
The Last Emotion
Phantom of Death
as Robert's Mother
32nd of December
as Carlotta
Un caso d'incoscienza
My Friends Act III
as Amalia Pecci Bonetti
Claretta
as Giuseppina Petacci
No Poster
Fellini nel cestino
as Self
Ehrengard
as contessa von Gassner
That Night of Varennes
as Madame Faustine
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
as signora Colombo
The House by the Edge of the Lake
as Kira - The Witch
First Love
as Lucy
This Is the Night
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
as Signora Castelli
Footprints on the Moon
as Boutique Owner
The Beautiful Summer
as The Princess
Story of a Cloistered Nun
as Mother of Carmela
The Off-Road Girl
as Silvia Marino
Lady Caroline Lamb
The House of Doves
as Virginia
Hector the Mighty
as Ecuba
Symphony of Love
as Principessa Vorokin
Jet Set Swingers
as Marco's Mother
Castle Keep
as Red Queen
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
as Self
The Lady of Monza
as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
Danger: Diabolik
as Lady Clark
Tonight I'll Throw Me
Hello... There's a Certain Giuliana for You
as Aunt Amelia
The Tiger and the Pussycat
as Della
Don't Sting the Mosquito
as Marchioness Filangeri
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Agnese Frustalupi
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
Juliet of the Spirits
as Giulietta's mother
8½
as Mysterious Lady
Double Cross
as Clara Vanzetti
The Peddler and the Lady
as Elsa Bianchini
Dente per dente
as Isabella
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
as Margherita Laroque
I figli del marchese Lucera
as Giannina
Hanno rapito un uomo
as La granduchessa Sonia
Who Is Happier Than I?
as Rina
No Poster
Marcella
as Marcella
Vivere!
as Paola