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
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
as Clara Chevalier
Indian Summer (1972)
as Monica
L'Avventura (1960)
as Anna
The Things of Life (1970)
as Catherine Bérard
The Night Caller (1975)
as Norah Elmer
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
as Diala
Conquered City (1962)
as Lelia Mendores
The Camp Followers (1965)
as Toula
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
as Maria
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
as Anna's mother
A Difficult Life (1961)
as Elena Pavinato
And Hope to Die (1972)
as Sugar
I Want Him Dead (1968)
as Aloma
The Seventh Target (1984)
as Nelly
Il était une fois Sergio Leone (2014)
as Self
Secrets Secrets (1985)
as Marta
The Silent One (1973)
as Maria
Faces of Love (1977)
as Cecilia
Made in Italy (1965)
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
Paris Pick-Up (1962)
as Marthe Dravet
Impossible Object (1973)
as Hippolyta
A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)
as Muriel
Morte di un bandito (—)
as Santa
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
as Luisa Levi
From a Roman Balcony (1960)
as Freya
Allonsanfan (1974)
as Charlotte
The Unvanquished (1964)
as Dominique Servet
Paolo e Francesca (1971)
Actor
Sale rêveur (1978)
as Joséphe
Violette & Francois (1977)
as Cécile Levene
Return to Lisca Bianca Island (1983)
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Resurrection (1958)
as Maria Pawlowa
Weeping for a Bandit (1964)
as María Jerónima
Devil's Ransom (1971)
as Britt
Chi dice donna, dice donna (1976)
as Gilbert
The Misanthrope (1967)
as Célimène
Bloody Murder (1974)
as Helene Noblet
Forbidden (1955)
as Agnese Barras
Céleste (1970)
as Hélène
Una donna spezzata (1988)
Actor
The Woman in Blue (1973)
as Aurélie
Garden of Delights (1967)
Actor
Sarah (1983)
as Carla Angelli
Le Divorcement (1979)
as Rosa
The Probability Factor (1976)
as Gloria
Journey of Love (1990)
as Zaira
Volver a vivir (1968)
as María
Stream Line (1976)
as Amanda Treves
La Flambeuse (1981)
as Louise
The Son (1973)
as Maria
Edipo Re (1977)
as Iocasta
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)
as Tania
I sogni nel cassetto (1957)
as Lucia Moretti
Dreams Die at Dawn (1961)
as Anna Miklos