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