Lea Massari
Acting
1933-06-30 · Roma, Lazio, Italy
Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari (30 June 1933 — 23 June 2025) was an Italian actress. When she was 22, she changed her name to Lea Massari after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied architecture in Switzerland. Massari became a celebrity in art cinema for two roles, the missing girl Anna in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'avventura (1960), and as Clara, the mother of a sexually precocious 14-year-old boy named Laurent (Benoît Ferreux) in Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971). She worked in both Italian and French Cinema. Her career includes Sergio Leone's debut Il Colosso di Rodi, and international commercial films such as Les choses de la vie. She was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975. She won Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Francesco Rosi's Christ Stopped at Eboli.
Filmography
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017 · Movie
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014 · Movie
Journey of Love
1990 · Movie
Una donna spezzata
1988 · Movie
Secrets Secrets
1985 · Movie
The Seventh Target
1984 · Movie
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983 · Movie
Sarah
1983 · Movie
La Flambeuse
1981 · Movie
Le Divorcement
1979 · Movie
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979 · Movie
The Meetings of Anna
1978 · Movie
Sale rêveur
1978 · Movie
Edipo Re
1977 · Movie
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977 · Movie
Faces of Love
1977 · Movie
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977 · Movie
Violette & Francois
1977 · Movie
Stream Line
1976 · Movie
The Probability Factor
1976 · Movie
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976 · Movie
The Night Caller
1975 · Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Series
Midi Première
1975 · Series
Anna Karenina
1974 · Series
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Series
Allonsanfan
1974 · Movie
Bloody Murder
1974 · Movie
Impossible Object
1973 · Movie
The Son
1973 · Movie
The Silent One
1973 · Movie
The Woman in Blue
1973 · Movie
Indian Summer
1972 · Movie
And Hope to Die
1972 · Movie
Midi trente
1972 · Series
Paolo e Francesca
1971 · Movie
Devil's Ransom
1971 · Movie
Murmur of the Heart
1971 · Movie
Céleste
1970 · Movie
The Things of Life
1970 · Movie
The Brothers Karamazov
1969 · Series
I Want Him Dead
1968 · Movie
Volver a vivir
1968 · Movie
Garden of Delights
1967 · Movie
The Misanthrope
1967 · Movie
Io, Gigliola
1966 · Series
Made in Italy
1965 · Movie
The Camp Followers
1965 · Movie
The Unvanquished
1964 · Movie
Weeping for a Bandit
1964 · Movie
Conquered City
1962 · Movie
The Four Days of Naples
1962 · Movie
Paris Pick-Up
1962 · Movie
A Difficult Life
1961 · Movie
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961 · Movie
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961 · Movie
From a Roman Balcony
1960 · Movie
L'Avventura
1960 · Movie
Resurrection
1958 · Movie
I sogni nel cassetto
1957 · Movie
Forbidden
1955 · Movie
Morte di un bandito
Movie