Lea Massari
Known for Acting · 61 credits
- Born
- 1933-06-30
- Died
- 2025-06-23
- Place of birth
- Roma, Lazio, Italy
- Also known as
- Léa Massari · Anna Maria Massatani · Леа Массари
Biography
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (55)
L'Avventura
1960
as Anna
Murmur of the Heart
1971
as Clara Chevalier
The Night Caller
1975
as Norah Elmer
Indian Summer
1972
as Monica
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
as Diala
Secrets Secrets
1985
as Marta
A Difficult Life
1961
as Elena Pavinato
The Things of Life
1970
as Catherine Bérard
And Hope to Die
1972
as Sugar
Sarah
1983
as Carla Angelli
Made in Italy
1965
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977
as Muriel
I Want Him Dead
1968
as Aloma
Resurrection
1958
as Maria Pawlowa
From a Roman Balcony
1960
as Freya
Allonsanfan
1974
as Charlotte
Forbidden
1955
as Agnese Barras
Impossible Object
1973
as Hippolyta
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014
as Self
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Luisa Levi
The Unvanquished
1964
as Dominique Servet
The Seventh Target
1984
as Nelly
Stream Line
1976
as Amanda Treves
The Camp Followers
1965
as Toula
The Meetings of Anna
1978
as Anna's mother
Violette & Francois
1977
as Cécile Levene
The Silent One
1973
as Maria
The Woman in Blue
1973
as Aurélie
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
as María Jerónima
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
as Tania
The Four Days of Naples
1962
as Maria
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
as Gilbert
The Probability Factor
1976
as Gloria
Bloody Murder
1974
as Helene Noblet
Volver a vivir
1968
as María
Sale rêveur
1978
as Joséphe
Conquered City
1962
as Lelia Mendores
Paris Pick-Up
1962
as Marthe Dravet
Faces of Love
1977
as Cecilia
Céleste
1970
as Hélène
Journey of Love
1990
as Zaira
Paolo e Francesca
1971
The Son
1973
as Maria
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961
as Anna Miklos
Devil's Ransom
1971
as Britt
Una donna spezzata
1988
Le Divorcement
1979
as Rosa
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
I sogni nel cassetto
1957
as Lucia Moretti
Edipo Re
1977
as Iocasta
La Flambeuse
1981
as Louise
Morte di un bandito
as Santa
Garden of Delights
1967
The Misanthrope
1967
as Célimène
About Lea Massari
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… With 61 credits spanning from 1955 to 2017, Lea Massari has appeared in 55 films and 6 TV shows.
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- L'Avventura (1960) — as Anna
- Murmur of the Heart (1971) — as Clara Chevalier
- The Night Caller (1975) — as Norah Elmer
- Indian Summer (1972) — as Monica
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) — as Diala
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