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