Lea Massari
52 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 30, 1933
- Died
- Jun 23, 2025 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- Roma, Lazio, Italy
- Also known as
- Léa Massari · Anna Maria Massatani · Леа Массари
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Lea Massari: movies and TV shows
Acting (56)
- Upcoming Morte di un bandito
as Santa
- 1990 Journey of Love
as Zaira
- 1989
- 1985 Secrets Secrets
as Marta
- 1984 The Seventh Target
as Nelly
- 1983 Return to Lisca Bianca Island
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
- 1983 Sarah
as Carla Angelli
- 1981 La Flambeuse
as Louise
- 1979 Le Divorcement
as Rosa
- 1979 Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Luisa Levi
- 1978 The Meetings of Anna
as Anna's mother
- 1978 Sale rêveur
as Joséphe
- 1977 Edipo Re
as Iocasta
- 1977 A Dog Called... Vengeance
as Muriel
- 1977 Faces of Love
as Cecilia
- 1977 Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
as Tania
- 1977 Violette & Francois
as Cécile Levene
- 1976 Stream Line
as Amanda Treves
- 1976 The Probability Factor
as Gloria
- 1976 Chi dice donna, dice donna
as Gilbert
- 1975 The Night Caller
as Norah Elmer
- 1974
- 1974 Allonsanfan
as Charlotte
- 1974 Bloody Murder
as Helene Noblet
- 1973 Impossible Object
as Hippolyta
- 1973 The Son
as Maria
- 1973 The Silent One
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 Céleste
as Hélène
- 1970 The Things of Life
as Catherine Bérard
- 1969
- 1968 I Want Him Dead
as Aloma
- 1968 Volver a vivir
as María
- 1967
- 1967 The Misanthrope
as Célimène
- 1966
- 1965 Made in Italy
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
- 1965 The Camp Followers
as Toula
- 1964 The Unvanquished
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 Dreams Die at Dawn
as Anna Miklos
- 1961 The Colossus of Rhodes
as Diala
- 1960 From a Roman Balcony
as Freya
- 1960 L'Avventura
as Anna
- 1958 Resurrection
as Maria Pawlowa
- 1957 I sogni nel cassetto
as Lucia Moretti
- 1955 Forbidden
as Agnese Barras
Behind the camera (1)
- 1989
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2017
- 2014
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
2 episodes
- 1975 Midi Première
1 episode
- 1974 Spécial cinéma
1 episode
- 1972 Midi trente
2 episodes