Lea Massari
Acting
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.
Filmography 61
Movies (55)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit2017Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Sergio Leone2014Self
Journey of Love1990Zaira- Una donna spezzata1988
Secrets Secrets1985Marta
The Seventh Target1984Nelly
Return to Lisca Bianca Island1983Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Sarah1983Carla Angelli
La Flambeuse1981Louise
Le Divorcement1979Rosa
Christ Stopped at Eboli1979Luisa Levi
The Meetings of Anna1978Anna's mother- Sale rêveur1978Joséphe
Edipo Re1977Iocasta
A Dog Called... Vengeance1977Muriel
Faces of Love1977Cecilia
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison1977Tania
Violette & Francois1977Cécile Levene
Stream Line1976Amanda Treves
The Probability Factor1976Gloria
Chi dice donna, dice donna1976Gilbert
The Night Caller1975Norah Elmer
Allonsanfan1974Charlotte
Bloody Murder1974Helene Noblet
Impossible Object1973Hippolyta
The Son1973Maria
The Silent One1973Maria
The Woman in Blue1973Aurélie
Indian Summer1972Monica
And Hope to Die1972Sugar
Shows (6)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975Self
Midi Première1975Self
Anna Karenina1974Anna Karenina
Spécial cinéma1974Self
Midi trente1972Self
The Brothers Karamazov1969Agrafena Aleksàndrovna