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.
8½
as Mysterious LadyGuido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged...
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
as Signora CastelliFour corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days...
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The Night of Varennes
as Madame FaustineDuring the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something...
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Once Upon a Crime
as Madame de SennevilleOn their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married...
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Danger: Diabolik
as Lady ClarkInternational man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after...
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Juliet of the Spirits
as Giulietta's motherMiddle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows...
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Castle Keep
as Red QueenDuring the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in...
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My Friends Act III
as Amalia Pecci BonettiThis time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli....
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First Love
as LucyUgo is an old actor who feels too young to be in an "old actor's house". He just can't stand the...
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Footprints on the Moon
as Boutique OwnerAlice, a young translator, finds the real world slowly merging with her recurring nightmares as...
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The Tiger and the Pussycat
as DellaA middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a...
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Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Agnese FrustalupiA successful fifty-year-old entrepreneur, Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious...
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Lady Caroline Lamb
as uncreditedLady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet...
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Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
as SelfFellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks...
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The House of Doves
as VirginiaThe widow Alexandra and her schoolgirl daughter Sandra live together in a luxurious villa in...
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The Lady of Monza
as Sister Francesca ImbersagaA true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan. Based on the life of Marianna...
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Story of a Cloistered Nun
as Mother of CarmelaRefusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela is sent to a convent. Her arrival...
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Phantom of Death
as Mrs. DominiciPolice Comissioner Datti is investigating the murder of a female doctor whose murderer seems to...
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Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-lawSandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man...
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The Sleazy Uncle
as passanteA businessman has trouble reuniting with his roguish con-artist uncle, especially when the uncle...
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32nd of December
as CarlottaThree episodes about the relativity of time.
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The House by the Edge of the Lake
as Kira - The WitchA young university student returns to her family's country villa near a lake where years earlier...
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Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici
as signora ColomboA Milanese industrialist goes to Rome to bribe a politician but he loses money. A thief helps...
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Symphony of Love
as Principessa VorokinAl Bano and Romina bring to the big screen the unhappy love between the composer Franz Schubert...
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Double Cross
as Clara VanzettiA businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.
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Hector the Mighty
as EcubaA pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal...
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Don't Sting the Mosquito
as Marchioness FilangeriRita, a vivacious co-ed flees her boarding school with her music teacher, who is also engaged to...
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Claretta
as Giuseppina PetacciA journalist wants to make a film about the life and death of Claretta Petacci, the mistress of...
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La ragazza fuoristrada
as Silvia MarinoAn Italian photojournalist falls madly in love with a young black women he meets while on...
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Stasera mi butto
as uncreditedSummer Late sixties, Want to sing, Of Sun. Of golden skin from tanning. Of endless beaches. And...
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La bellissima estate
as The PrincessA mother keeps making excuses for why her son's father has not returned home. Jon Marco, just...
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The Peddler and the Lady
as Elsa BianchiniPeppino, a fishmonger on Campo de' Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide, a...
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The Last Emotion
as uncreditedGiorgio, a pianist arrived in South Tyrol to hold a concert, get to know Chiara, a beautiful girl.
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Ehrengard
as contessa von GassnerWolfgang Cazotte, a famous, refined and charming court painter of the early 19th century, plans...
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Chi è più felice di me!
as RinaA tenor falls in love with a stage actress then leaves her without knowing about her pregnancy.
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Vivere!
as PaolaThe relationship between a man and his daughter is tarnished when she marries one of his closest...
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The Far Pavilions
as Mrs. ChivertonAdapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two...
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Professione vacanze
as Madre di GiangiEnrico Borghini is an entertainer who finds himself becoming the director of a tourist village...
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Morte a passo di valzer
as Lady Mary CorkItalian TV adaptation of John Dickson Carr's mystery novel Fire, Burn! (1957).
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Villa Arzilla
as Vittoria GransassoVilla Arzilla is an Italian television series.
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