Acting
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.
Filmography
Fellini dice...
Film · 2006
Once Upon a Crime
Film · 1992
Villa Arzilla
Series · 1990
The Last Emotion
Film · 1989
The Sleazy Uncle
Film · 1989
Phantom of Death
Film · 1988
32nd of December
Film · 1988
Professione vacanze
Series · 1987
My Friends Act III
Film · 1985
Un caso d'incoscienza
Film · 1985
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Series · 1985
Claretta
Film · 1984
The Far Pavilions
Series · 1984
Fellini nel cestino
Film · 1983
That Night of Varennes
Film · 1982
Ehrengard
Film · 1982
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
Film · 1981
The House by the Edge of the Lake
Film · 1979
Bel Ami
Series · 1979
Morte a passo di valzer
Series · 1979
First Love
Film · 1978
This Is the Night
Film · 1977
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Film · 1976
Footprints on the Moon
Film · 1975
The Beautiful Summer
Film · 1974
Anna Karenina
Series · 1974
Story of a Cloistered Nun
Film · 1973
The Off-Road Girl
Film · 1973
The House of Doves
Film · 1972
Hector the Mighty
Film · 1972
Lady Caroline Lamb
Film · 1972
Symphony of Love
Film · 1970
Jet Set Swingers
Film · 1970
The Lady of Monza
Film · 1969
Castle Keep
Film · 1969
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
Film · 1969
Danger: Diabolik
Film · 1968
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Film · 1967
Don't Sting the Mosquito
Film · 1967
Tonight I'll Throw Me
Film · 1967
Hello... There's a Certain Giuliana for You
Film · 1967
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Film · 1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Film · 1966
Juliet of the Spirits
Film · 1965
8½
Film · 1963
Double Cross
Film · 1951
The Peddler and the Lady
Film · 1943
Dente per dente
Film · 1943
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
Film · 1942
I figli del marchese Lucera
Film · 1939
Hanno rapito un uomo
Film · 1938
Who Is Happier Than I?
Film · 1938
Marcella
Film · 1937
Vivere!
Film · 1936