Caterina Boratto (15 March 1915 – 14 September 2010) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1936 and 1993.
Life and career 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.
Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes1937 To Live Paola – sua figlia 1937 Marcella Marcella 1938 Chi è cchiu' felice 'e me! Rina Carlo They've Kidnapped a Man La Granduchessa Sonia 1939 The Sons of the Marquis Lucera Giannina 1942 Margherita 1943 Measure for Measure Isabella The Peddler and the Lady Elsa Bianchini 1951 Double Cross Clara Vanzetti 1963 8½ La signora misteriosa 1965 Juliet of the Spirits Giulietta's mother 1966 Me, Me, Me... and the Others Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law Pardon, Are You For or Against? Agnese Frustalupi 1967 Don't Sting the Mosquito Marchioness Filangeri The Tiger and the Pussycat Delia Stasera mi butto Countess Eugenia Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te Aunt Amelia 1968 Danger: Diabolik Lady Clark 1969 The Lady of Monza Sister Francesca Imbersaga Castle Keep Red Queen 1970 Una storia d'amore Marco's Mother Angeli senza paradiso Princess Vorokin 1972 Hector the Mighty Ecuba The House of the Doves Virginia Lady Caroline Lamb 1973 The Off-Road Girl Silvia Marino Story of a Cloistered Nun Mother of Carmela 1974 Summer to Remember The Princess 1975 Footprints on the Moon Boutique Owner Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Signora Castelli 1977 Per questa notte 1978 First Love Lucy 1979 The House by the Edge of the Lake Kira – witch by the lake 1981 Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici Mamma di Franco Colombo 1982 That Night in Varennes Madame Faustine Ehrengard Countess von Gassner 1984 Claretta Giuseppina Petacci 1985 Amici miei – Atto III Amalia Pecci Bonetti 1988 32 December Carlotta Tricarico (segment "La gialla farfalla")Phantom of Death Robert's Mother 1989 The Sleazy Uncle Passante che aiuta Luca 1992 Once Upon a Crime Madame de Senneville
Further reading Paolo Ceratto; Franco Prono. Caterina Boratto: Una regalità completa. Daniela Piazza Editore, 2014. . Marina Ceratto. Caterina Boratto, la donna che visse tre volte. Edizioni Sabinae, 2016. .
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