Lea Massari
Acting
Born: June 30, 1933 · Roma, Lazio, Italy
Died: June 23, 2025 (aged 91)
Highest Rated
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
L'Avventura
1960
The Night Caller
1975
The Things of Life
1970
Murmur of the Heart
1971
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
Indian Summer
1972
A Difficult Life
1961
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
The Meetings of Anna
1978
The Seventh Target
1984
The Four Days of Naples
1962
The Silent One
1973
Photos (4)
Movies (49)
The Things of Life
Catherine Bérard
Murmur of the Heart
Clara Chevalier
L'Avventura
Anna
The Unvanquished
Dominique Servet
Resurrection
Maria Pawlowa
Indian Summer
Monica
The Night Caller
Norah Elmer
The Colossus of Rhodes
Diala
The Seventh Target
Nelly
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Muriel
From a Roman Balcony
Freya
The Silent One
Maria
The Probability Factor
Gloria
Secrets Secrets
Marta
Impossible Object
Hippolyta
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Luisa Levi
The Four Days of Naples
Maria
Edipo Re
Iocasta
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Gilbert
The Meetings of Anna
Anna's mother
And Hope to Die
Sugar
The Camp Followers
Toula
Allonsanfan
Charlotte
Weeping for a Bandit
María Jerónima
Céleste
Hélène
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Paris Pick-Up
Marthe Dravet
The Woman in Blue
Aurélie
Journey of Love
Zaira
I Want Him Dead
Aloma
A Difficult Life
Elena Pavinato
Made in Italy
Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
Devil's Ransom
Britt
The Son
Maria
Bloody Murder
Helene Noblet
Volver a vivir
María
Faces of Love
Cecilia
Forbidden
Agnese Barras
Garden of Delights
1967
Violette & Francois
Cécile Levene
Conquered City
Lelia Mendores
I sogni nel cassetto
Lucia Moretti
Dreams Die at Dawn
Anna Miklos
Sarah
Carla Angelli
Stream Line
Amanda Treves
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Tania
Le Divorcement
Rosa
Paolo e Francesca
1971
La Flambeuse
Louise
