Lea Massari
Actor
June 30, 1933 — June 23, 2025 (91 years)
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
| 1990 | Viaggio d'amore · as Zaira |
| 1985 | Segreti segreti · as Marta |
| 1984 | La 7ème cible · as Nelly |
| 1983 | Sarah · as Carla Angelli |
| 1979 | Christ Stopped at Eboli · as Luisa Levi |
| 1978 | Meetings with Anna · as Anna's Mother |
| 1977 | A Dog Called... Vengeance · as Muriel |
| 1977 | Faces of Love · as Cecilia |
| 1977 | Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison · as Tania |
| 1977 | Edipo re · as Giocasta |
| 1977 | Violette & François · as Cécile Levene |
| 1976 | The Probability Factor · as Gloria |
| 1976 | Chi dice donna dice donna · as Gilbert |
| 1975 | The Night Caller · as Norah Elmer |
| 1974 | Allonsanfan · as Charlotte |
| 1974 | Bloody Murder · as Helene Noblet |
| 1973 | Story of a Love Story · as Hippolyta |
| 1973 | The Son · as Maria |
| 1973 | Escape to Nowhere · as Maria |
| 1973 | The Woman in Blue · as Aurélie |
| 1972 | Indian Summer · as Monica |
| 1972 | ...And Hope to Die · as Sugar |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Devil's Ransom · as Britt |
| 1971 | Murmur of the Heart · as Clara Chevalier |
| 1970 | The Things of Life · as Catherine Bérard |
| 1969 | I fratelli Karamazov · as Agrafena Aleksàndrovna |
| 1968 | I Want Him Dead · as AlomaOn Plex |
| 1968 | Volver a vivir · as María |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | The fiancés · as La Signora Di Monza |
| 1965 | Made in Italy · as Monica (segment "1 'usi E Costumi', Episode 3") |
| 1965 | The Camp Followers · as Toula |
| 1964 | Have I the Right to Kill? · as Dominique Servet |
| 1964 | Weeping for a Bandit · as María Jerónima |
| 1962 | Conquered City · as Lelia Mendores |
| 1962 | The Four Days of Naples · as Maria |
| 1962 | Paris Pick-Up · as Marthe Dravet |
| 1961 | A Difficult Life · as Elena Pavinato |
| 1961 | The Colossus of Rhodes · as Diala |
| 1960 | From a Roman Balcony · as Freya |
| 1960 | L'Avventura · as Anna |
| 1958 | Auferstehung · as Maria Pawlowa |
| 1958 | Capitan Fracassa · as Isabella |
| 1957 | I sogni nel cassetto · as Lucia Moretti |
| 1955 | Forbidden · as Agnese Barras |
| 2022 | Nos italiennes, de Magnani à Muti · as Self |
| 2021 | Claude Sautet, le calme et la dissonance · as Self |
| 2015 | Chico: Artista Brasileiro · as Self |
| 1993 | Those Who ... Football · as Self |
| 1982 | Maurizio Costanzo Show · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings · as Self |
| 1975 | Midi-Première · as Self |
| 1972 | Midi Trente · as Self |