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