Lea Massari
Lea Massari
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
62
Gender
Female
Birthday
1933-06-30 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Roma, Lazio, Italy
Acting

2017

Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit as Self (archive footage)

2017

Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca as Anna (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990

Journey of Love as Zaira

1988

Una donna spezzata as Not available

1985

Secrets Secrets as Marta

1984

The Seventh Target as Nelly

1983

Sarah as Carla Angelli

1983

Return to Lisca Bianca Island as Anna (voice) (archive footage)

1981

La Flambeuse as Louise

1979

Christ Stopped at Eboli as Luisa Levi

1979

Le divorcement as Rosa

1978

The Meetings of Anna as Anna's mother

1978

Sale rêveur as Joséphe

1977

Violette & Francois as Cécile Levene

1977

Faces of Love as Cecilia

1977

Edipo Re as Iocasta

1976

Stream Line as Amanda Treves

1976

The Probability Factor as Gloria

1975

Midi Première as Self

1975

The Night Caller as Norah Elmer

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self

1974

Anna Karenina as Anna Karenina

1974

Allonsanfan as Charlotte

1974

Bloody Murder as Helene Noblet

1973

The Silent One as Maria

1973

Impossible Object as Hippolyta

1973

The Son as Maria

1973

The Woman in Blue as Aurélie

1972

Midi trente as Self

1972

Indian Summer as Monica

1972

And Hope to Die as Sugar

1971

Murmur of the Heart as Clara Chevalier

1971

Devil's Ransom as Britt

1971

Paolo e Francesca as Not available

1970

The Things of Life as Catherine Bérard

1970

Céleste as Hélène

1969

The Brothers Karamazov as Agrafena Aleksàndrovna

1968

I Want Him Dead as Aloma

1968

Volver a vivir as María

1967

Garden of Delights as Not available

1967

The Misanthrope as Célimène

1965

The Camp Followers as Toula

1965

Made in Italy as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")

1964

The Unvanquished as Dominique Servet

1964

Weeping for a Bandit as María Jerónima

1962

Paris Pick-Up as Marthe Dravet

1962

Conquered City as Lelia Mendores

1961

A Difficult Life as Elena Pavinato

1961

Dreams Die at Dawn as Anna Miklos

1960

L'Avventura as Anna

1960

From a Roman Balcony as Freya

1958

Resurrection as Maria Pawlowa

1957

I sogni nel cassetto as Lucia Moretti

1955

Forbidden as Agnese Barras
Crew

1988

Una donna spezzata Writer