Person
Lea Massari
Acting · 1933–2025 · Roma, Lazio, Italy
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
Spécial cinéma
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Midi Première
Self
Midi trente
Self
Murmur of the Heart
Clara Chevalier
L'Avventura
Anna
The Colossus of Rhodes
Diala
Conquered City
Lelia Mendores
Secrets Secrets
Marta
The Things of Life
Catherine Bérard
Filmography
- 2017Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuitSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Il était une fois Sergio LeoneSelf
- 1990Journey of LoveZaira
- 1988Una donna spezzata
- 1985Secrets SecretsMarta
- 1984The Seventh TargetNelly
- 1983Return to Lisca Bianca IslandAnna (voice) (archive footage)
- 1983SarahCarla Angelli
- 1981La FlambeuseLouise
- 1979Le DivorcementRosa
- 1979Christ Stopped at EboliLuisa Levi
- 1978The Meetings of AnnaAnna's mother
- 1978Sale rêveurJoséphe
- 1977Edipo ReIocasta
- 1977A Dog Called... VengeanceMuriel
- 1977Faces of LoveCecilia
- 1977Antonio Gramsci: The Days of PrisonTania
- 1977Violette & FrancoisCécile Levene
- 1976Stream LineAmanda Treves
- 1976The Probability FactorGloria
- 1976Chi dice donna, dice donnaGilbert
- 1975The Night CallerNorah Elmer
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1975Midi PremièreSelf
- 1974Anna KareninaAnna Karenina
- 1974Spécial cinémaSelf
- 1974AllonsanfanCharlotte
- 1974Bloody MurderHelene Noblet
- 1973Impossible ObjectHippolyta
- 1973The SonMaria
- 1973The Silent OneMaria
- 1973The Woman in BlueAurélie
- 1972Indian SummerMonica
- 1972And Hope to DieSugar
- 1972Midi trenteSelf
- 1971Paolo e Francesca
- 1971Devil's RansomBritt
- 1971Murmur of the HeartClara Chevalier
- 1970CélesteHélène
- 1970The Things of LifeCatherine Bérard
- 1969The Brothers KaramazovAgrafena Aleksàndrovna
- 1968I Want Him DeadAloma
- 1968Volver a vivirMaría
- 1967Garden of Delights
- 1967The MisanthropeCélimène
- 1965Made in ItalyMonica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
- 1965The Camp FollowersToula
- 1964The UnvanquishedDominique Servet
- 1964Weeping for a BanditMaría Jerónima
- 1962Conquered CityLelia Mendores
- 1962The Four Days of NaplesMaria
- 1962Paris Pick-UpMarthe Dravet
- 1961A Difficult LifeElena Pavinato
- 1961Dreams Die at DawnAnna Miklos
- 1961The Colossus of RhodesDiala
- 1960From a Roman BalconyFreya
- 1960L'AvventuraAnna
- 1958ResurrectionMaria Pawlowa
- 1957I sogni nel cassettoLucia Moretti
- 1955ForbiddenAgnese Barras
- —Morte di un banditoSanta
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