Acting
Lea Massari
IT, FR, ES, EN cinema · 54 credits
Born
30 June 1933
Died
23 June 2025 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Roma, Lazio, Italy
Also known as Léa Massari · Anna Maria Massatani · Леа Массари
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
Filmography
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
as Self (archive footage)
Journey of Love
as Zaira
Secrets Secrets
as Marta
The Seventh Target
as Nelly
Sarah
as Carla Angelli
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
La Flambeuse
as Louise
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Luisa Levi
Le Divorcement
as Rosa
The Meetings of Anna
as Anna's mother
Sale rêveur
1978
Sale rêveur
as Joséphe
Faces of Love
as Cecilia
Edipo Re
as Iocasta
Violette & Francois
as Cécile Levene
The Probability Factor
as Gloria
Chi dice donna, dice donna
as Gilbert
Stream Line
as Amanda Treves
The Night Caller
as Norah Elmer
Allonsanfan
as Charlotte
Bloody Murder
as Helene Noblet
The Silent One
as Maria
The Woman in Blue
as Aurélie
Impossible Object
as Hippolyta
The Son
as Maria
And Hope to Die
as Sugar
Indian Summer
as Monica
Devil's Ransom
as Britt
Murmur of the Heart
as Clara Chevalier
The Things of Life
as Catherine Bérard
Céleste
as Hélène
I Want Him Dead
as Aloma
Volver a vivir
as María
Made in Italy
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
The Camp Followers
as Toula
The Unvanquished
as Dominique Servet
Weeping for a Bandit
as María Jerónima
Paris Pick-Up
as Marthe Dravet
Conquered City
as Lelia Mendores
A Difficult Life
as Elena Pavinato
Dreams Die at Dawn
as Anna Miklos
L'Avventura
as Anna
From a Roman Balcony
as Freya
Resurrection
as Maria Pawlowa
I sogni nel cassetto
as Lucia Moretti
Forbidden
as Agnese Barras