Lea Massari
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 (60 titles)
8.0MovieMonica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Self (archive footage) · 2017
MovieIl était une fois Sergio Leone
Self · 2014
10.0MovieJourney of Love
Zaira · 1990
Una donna spezzata
1988
7.3MovieSecrets Secrets
Marta · 1985
5.9MovieThe Seventh Target
Nelly · 1984
4.9MovieReturn to Lisca Bianca Island
Anna (voice) (archive footage) · 1983
6.0MovieSarah
Carla Angelli · 1983
4.0MovieLa Flambeuse
Louise · 1981
8.0MovieLe Divorcement
Rosa · 1979
7.2MovieChrist Stopped at Eboli
Luisa Levi · 1979
7.0MovieThe Meetings of Anna
Anna's mother · 1978
Sale rêveur
Joséphe · 1978
MovieEdipo Re
Iocasta · 1977
5.5MovieA Dog Called... Vengeance
Muriel · 1977
6.1MovieFaces of Love
Cecilia · 1977
6.9MovieAntonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Tania · 1977
6.2MovieViolette & Francois
Cécile Levene · 1977
7.0MovieStream Line
Amanda Treves · 1976
4.0MovieThe Probability Factor
Gloria · 1976
6.3MovieChi dice donna, dice donna
Gilbert · 1976
7.2MovieThe Night Caller
Norah Elmer · 1975
6.0ShowLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1975
9.0ShowMidi Première
Self · 1975
5.8ShowAnna Karenina
Anna Karenina · 1974
9.5ShowSpécial cinéma
Self · 1974
6.9MovieAllonsanfan
Charlotte · 1974
5.2MovieBloody Murder
Helene Noblet · 1974
4.8MovieImpossible Object
Hippolyta · 1973
5.5MovieThe Son
Maria · 1973