Lea Massari
Born
June 30, 1933
Died
June 23, 2025 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Roma, Lazio, Italy
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
Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca
Anna (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Self (archive footage)
2017
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Self
2014
Journey of Love
Zaira
1990
Una donna spezzata
1988
Secrets Secrets
Marta
1985
The Seventh Target
Nelly
1984
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Anna (voice) (archive footage)
1983
Sarah
Carla Angelli
1983
La Flambeuse
Louise
1981
Le divorcement
Rosa
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Luisa Levi
1979
The Meetings of Anna
Anna's mother
1978
Sale rêveur
Joséphe
1978
Edipo Re
Iocasta
1977
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Muriel
1977
Faces of Love
Cecilia
1977
Violette & Francois
Cécile Levene
1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
Stream Line
Amanda Treves
1976
The Probability Factor
Gloria
1976
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Gilbert
1976
The Night Caller
Norah Elmer
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (2 episodes)
1975
Midi Première
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina · (6 episodes)
1974
Spécial cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Allonsanfan
Charlotte
1974
Bloody Murder
Helene Noblet
1974
Impossible Object
Hippolyta
1973
The Son
Maria
1973
The Silent One
Maria
1973
The Woman in Blue
Aurélie
1973
Indian Summer
Monica
1972
And Hope to Die
Sugar
1972
Midi trente
Self · (2 episodes)
1972
Paolo e Francesca
1971
Devil's Ransom
Britt
1971
Murmur of the Heart
Clara Chevalier
1971
Céleste
Hélène
1970
The Things of Life
Catherine Bérard
1970
The Brothers Karamazov
Agrafena Aleksàndrovna · (7 episodes)
1969
I Want Him Dead
Aloma
1968
Volver a vivir
María
1968
Garden of Delights
1967
The Misanthrope
Célimène
1967
Made in Italy
Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
1965
The Camp Followers
Toula
1965
The Unvanquished
Dominique Servet
1964
Weeping for a Bandit
María Jerónima
1964
Conquered City
Lelia Mendores
1962
The Four Days of Naples
Maria
1962
Paris Pick-Up
Marthe Dravet
1962
A Difficult Life
Elena Pavinato
1961
Dreams Die at Dawn
Anna Miklos
1961
The Colossus of Rhodes
Diala
1961
From a Roman Balcony
Freya
1960
L'Avventura
Anna
1960
Resurrection
Maria Pawlowa
1958
I sogni nel cassetto
Lucia Moretti
1957
Forbidden
Agnese Barras
1955