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Caterina Boratto

Caterina Boratto

Actor · Died September 14, 2010, aged 95 · Rome - Lazio - Italy

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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 14, 1915
Died
September 14, 2010 (aged 95)
From
Rome - Lazio - Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 51 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 92% in 30 days

What are Caterina Boratto's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
41%
Morality
24%
Bonds
18%
Power
11%
Survival
6%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAging2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 8 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
7
Tense
6
Absurd
6
Joyful
3
Contemplative
3
Other
12

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Caterina Boratto's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Caterina Boratto's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

51 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Once Upon a Crime...(1992)

    as Madame de Senneville

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Villa Arzilla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Vittoria Gransasso

  • The Sleazy Uncle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as passante

  • The Last Emotion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Actor

  • Phantom of Death(1987)

    as Robert's Mother

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • 32 dicembre(1988)

    as Carlotta

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Professione vacanze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Madre di Giangi

  • Un caso d'incoscienza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Actor

  • Amici miei - Atto III°(1985)

    as Amalia Pecci Bonetti

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Cinecittà Cinecittà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Mansion Owner

  • Claretta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Giuseppina Petacci

  • The Far Pavilions(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mrs. Chiverton

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Ehrengard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as contessa von Gassner

  • That Night in Varennes(1982)

    as Madame Faustine

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Uno contro l'altro, praticamente amici (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as signora Colombo

  • Bel Ami (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 4 episodes · as Mrs. Walter

  • Morte a passo di valzer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lady Mary Cork

  • The House by the Edge of the Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Kira - The Witch

  • First Love(1978)

    as Lucy

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • This Is the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Actor

  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom(1975)

    as Signora Castelli

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Footprints on the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Boutique Owner

  • The Beautiful Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as The Princess

  • Anna Karenina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 4 episodes · as Principessa Scerbatzkaja

  • Story of a Cloistered Nun(1973)

    as Mother of Carmela

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Off-Road Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Silvia Marino

  • Lady Caroline Lamb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Actor

  • The House of the Doves(1972)

    as Virginia

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Hector the Mighty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Ecuba

  • Symphony of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Principessa Vorokin

  • Jet Set Swingers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Marco's Mother

  • Castle Keep(1969)

    as Red Queen

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Lady of Monza(1969)

    as Sister Francesca Imbersaga

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Danger: Diabolik(1968)

    as Lady Clark

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Tonight I'll Throw Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Aunt Amelia

  • The Tiger and the Pussycat(1967)

    as Della

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Don't Sting the Mosquito(1967)

    as Marchioness Filangeri

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?(1966)

    as Agnese Frustalupi

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Me, Me, Me... and the Others(1966)

    as Luigia, Peppino's Sister-in-law

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Juliet of the Spirits(1965)

    as Giulietta's mother

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • 8½(1963)

    as Mysterious Lady

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Double Cross(1951)

    as Clara Vanzetti

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Peddler and the Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Elsa Bianchini

  • Dente per dente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Isabella

  • Il romanzo di un giovane povero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Margherita Laroque

  • I figli del marchese Lucera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Giannina

  • Hanno rapito un uomo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as La granduchessa Sonia

  • Who Is Happier Than I? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Rina

  • Marcella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Marcella

  • Vivere! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Paola

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 51 titles from 1936 to 1992; peak year 1964.

Biggest box office

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

$1.8M worldwide

Highest rated

8½ (1963)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

First Love (1978)

Film career

19361992

Peak 1964 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1963Screen debut· 8½

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting51 of 51: 51 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48th

By decade

1930s5 · acting1940s3 · acting1950s1 · acting1960s11 · acting1970s16 · acting1980s13 · acting1990s2 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
6373

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Caterina Boratto's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

75th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

8½ (1963)

Midcredits 97th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Caterina Boratto's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Caterina Boratto work with?

People who share at least 2 of Caterina Boratto's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tullio Pinelli shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers