Lea Massari
Acting
- Born:
- 1933-06-30
- Died:
- 2025-06-23
- Place of birth:
- Roma, Lazio, Italy
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
Filmography
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Journey of Love
Una donna spezzata
Secrets Secrets
The Seventh Target
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Sarah
La Flambeuse
Le Divorcement
Christ Stopped at Eboli
The Meetings of Anna
Sale rêveur
Edipo Re
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Faces of Love
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Violette & Francois
Stream Line
The Probability Factor
Chi dice donna, dice donna
The Night Caller
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Midi Première
Anna Karenina
Spécial cinéma
Allonsanfan
Bloody Murder
Impossible Object
The Son
The Silent One
The Woman in Blue
Indian Summer
And Hope to Die
Midi trente
Paolo e Francesca
Devil's Ransom
Murmur of the Heart
Céleste
The Things of Life
The Brothers Karamazov
I Want Him Dead
Volver a vivir
Garden of Delights
The Misanthrope
Io, Gigliola
Made in Italy
The Camp Followers
The Unvanquished
Weeping for a Bandit
Conquered City
The Four Days of Naples
Paris Pick-Up
A Difficult Life
Dreams Die at Dawn
The Colossus of Rhodes
From a Roman Balcony
L'Avventura
Resurrection
I sogni nel cassetto
Forbidden
Morte di un bandito