Lea Massari
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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.
Known for
Credits
Secrets Secrets (1985)
as Marta
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
as Clara Chevalier
L'Avventura (1960)
as Anna
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
as Diala
The Things of Life (1970)
as Catherine Bérard
Faces of Love (1977)
as Cecilia
The Night Caller (1975)
as Norah Elmer
Sarah (1983)
as Carla Angelli
I Want Him Dead (1968)
as Aloma
Morte di un bandito (—)
as Santa
Indian Summer (1972)
as Monica
From a Roman Balcony (1960)
as Freya
Devil's Ransom (1971)
as Britt
Conquered City (1962)
as Lelia Mendores
Sale rêveur (1978)
as Joséphe
A Difficult Life (1961)
as Elena Pavinato
The Seventh Target (1984)
as Nelly
The Misanthrope (1967)
as Célimène
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
as Maria
A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)
as Muriel
And Hope to Die (1972)
as Sugar
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
as Luisa Levi
Return to Lisca Bianca Island (1983)
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
as Anna's mother
The Camp Followers (1965)
as Toula
Stream Line (1976)
as Amanda Treves
Impossible Object (1973)
as Hippolyta
The Silent One (1973)
as Maria
The Probability Factor (1976)
as Gloria
Paolo e Francesca (1971)
Actor
Allonsanfan (1974)
as Charlotte
Resurrection (1958)
as Maria Pawlowa
The Unvanquished (1964)
as Dominique Servet
Il était une fois Sergio Leone (2014)
as Self
Bloody Murder (1974)
as Helene Noblet
Paris Pick-Up (1962)
as Marthe Dravet
Garden of Delights (1967)
Actor
Made in Italy (1965)
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
Violette & Francois (1977)
as Cécile Levene
Weeping for a Bandit (1964)
as María Jerónima
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
La Flambeuse (1981)
as Louise
Forbidden (1955)
as Agnese Barras
Edipo Re (1977)
as Iocasta
Dreams Die at Dawn (1961)
as Anna Miklos
I sogni nel cassetto (1957)
as Lucia Moretti
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)
as Tania
The Son (1973)
as Maria
Chi dice donna, dice donna (1976)
as Gilbert
Céleste (1970)
as Hélène
Le Divorcement (1979)
as Rosa
Volver a vivir (1968)
as María
The Woman in Blue (1973)
as Aurélie
Journey of Love (1990)
as Zaira