8½1963
As Mysterious Lady
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Caterina Boratto
Born
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 (47)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1976
As Signora Castelli
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Once Upon a Crime1992
As Madame de Senneville
TMDb 5.7 / 10
My Friends Act III1985
As Amalia Pecci Bonetti
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Danger: Diabolik1968
As Lady Clark
TMDb 6.3 / 10
That Night of Varennes1982
As Madame Faustine
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Juliet of the Spirits1965
As Giulietta's mother
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Castle Keep1969
As Red Queen
TMDb 5.7 / 10
First Love1978
As Lucy
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Fellini dice...2006
As Self
Pardon, Are You for or Against?1966
As Agnese Frustalupi
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Story of a Cloistered Nun1973
As Mother of Carmela
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Me, Me, Me... and the Others1966
As Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Footprints on the Moon1975
As Boutique Owner
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Double Cross1951
As Clara Vanzetti
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Lady of Monza1969
As Sister Francesca Imbersaga
TMDb 4.9 / 10
32nd of December1988
As Carlotta
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Claretta1984
As Giuseppina Petacci
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Phantom of Death1988
As Robert's Mother
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Tiger and the Pussycat1967
As Della
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hector the Mighty1972
As Ecuba
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Beautiful Summer1974
As The Princess
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Symphony of Love1970
As Principessa Vorokin
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tonight I'll Throw Me1967
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Lady Caroline Lamb1972
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dente per dente1943
As Isabella
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook1969
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Una storia d'amore1970
As Marco's Mother
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Don't Sting the Mosquito1967
As Marchioness Filangeri
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The House of Doves1972
As Virginia
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The House by the Edge of the Lake1979
As Kira - The Witch
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Un caso d'incoscienza1985
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Sleazy Uncle1989
As passante
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Off-Road Girl1973
As Silvia Marino
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici1981
As signora Colombo
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Fellini nel cestino
Fellini nel cestino1983
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te1967
As Aunt Amelia
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Last Emotion1989
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Il romanzo di un giovane povero1942
As Margherita Laroque
TMDb 9.0 / 10
I figli del marchese Lucera1939
As Giannina
TMDb 10.0 / 10
This Is the Night1977
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Peddler and the Lady1943
As Elsa Bianchini
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Who Is Happier Than I?1938
As Rina
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hanno rapito un uomo1938
As La granduchessa Sonia
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Vivere!1936
As Paola
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Marcella
Marcella1937
As Marcella
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ehrengard1982
As contessa von Gassner
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb