Caterina Boratto
Born March 14, 1915 (Age: 111)
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Rome - Lazio - Italy
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.
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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Filmography
Fellini dice...
2006
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as Self
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Age: 90
Once Upon a Crime
1992
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as Madame de Senneville
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Age: 76
The Sleazy Uncle
1989
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as passante
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Age: 74
The Last Emotion
1989
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as
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Age: 73
Phantom of Death
1988
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as Robert's Mother
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Age: 72
32nd of December
1988
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as Carlotta
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Age: 72
Un caso d'incoscienza
1985
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as
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Age: 70
My Friends Act III
1985
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as Amalia Pecci Bonetti
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Age: 70
Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
1981
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as signora Colombo
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Age: 66
First Love
1978
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as Lucy
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Age: 63
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976
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as Signora Castelli
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Age: 60
The Beautiful Summer
1974
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as The Princess
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Age: 59
Story of a Cloistered Nun
1973
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as Mother of Carmela
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Age: 58
The Off-Road Girl
1973
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as Silvia Marino
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Age: 58
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
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as
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Age: 57
The House of Doves
1972
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as Virginia
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Age: 56
Hector the Mighty
1972
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as Ecuba
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Age: 56
Castle Keep
1969
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as Red Queen
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Age: 54
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
1969
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as Self
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Age: 54
The Lady of Monza
1969
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as Sister Francesca Imbersaga
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Age: 53
Juliet of the Spirits
1965
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as Giulietta's mother
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Age: 50
8½
1963
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as Mysterious Lady
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Age: 47
Il romanzo di un giovane povero
1942
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as Margherita Laroque
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Age: 27