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