Lea Massari
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 30, 1933
- Died
- June 23, 2025
- Birthplace
- Roma, Lazio, Italy
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.
Filmography
- Morte di un bandito
Morte di un bandito TBA
as Santa
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Sergio Leone 2014
as Self
Journey of Love 1990
as Zaira
Secrets Secrets 1985
as Marta
The Seventh Target 1984
as Nelly
Return to Lisca Bianca Island 1983
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Sarah 1983
as Carla Angelli
La Flambeuse 1981
as Louise
Le Divorcement 1979
as Rosa
Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979
as Luisa Levi
The Meetings of Anna 1978
as Anna's mother
- Sale rêveur
Sale rêveur 1978
as Joséphe
Edipo Re 1977
as Iocasta
A Dog Called... Vengeance 1977
as Muriel
Faces of Love 1977
as Cecilia
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison 1977
as Tania
Violette & Francois 1977
as Cécile Levene
Stream Line 1976
as Amanda Treves
The Probability Factor 1976
as Gloria
Chi dice donna, dice donna 1976
as Gilbert
The Night Caller 1975
as Norah Elmer
Allonsanfan 1974
as Charlotte
Bloody Murder 1974
as Helene Noblet
Impossible Object 1973
as Hippolyta
The Son 1973
as Maria
The Silent One 1973
as Maria
The Woman in Blue 1973
as Aurélie
Indian Summer 1972
as Monica
And Hope to Die 1972
as Sugar
Paolo e Francesca 1971
Actor
Devil's Ransom 1971
as Britt
Murmur of the Heart 1971
as Clara Chevalier
Céleste 1970
as Hélène
The Things of Life 1970
as Catherine Bérard
I Want Him Dead 1968
as Aloma
Volver a vivir 1968
as María
Garden of Delights 1967
Actor
- The Misanthrope
The Misanthrope 1967
as Célimène
Made in Italy 1965
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
The Camp Followers 1965
as Toula
The Unvanquished 1964
as Dominique Servet
Weeping for a Bandit 1964
as María Jerónima
Conquered City 1962
as Lelia Mendores
The Four Days of Naples 1962
as Maria
Paris Pick-Up 1962
as Marthe Dravet
A Difficult Life 1961
as Elena Pavinato
Dreams Die at Dawn 1961
as Anna Miklos
The Colossus of Rhodes 1961
as Diala
From a Roman Balcony 1960
as Freya
L'Avventura 1960
as Anna
Resurrection 1958
as Maria Pawlowa
I sogni nel cassetto 1957
as Lucia Moretti
Forbidden 1955
as Agnese Barras
Credits from TMDB.