Lea Massari

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Lea Massari

Acting June 30, 1933

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…

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L'Avventura

L'Avventura

7.5 1960 Movie
Midi Première

Midi Première

9.0 1975 TV Show
Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

9.5 1974 TV Show
The Night Caller

The Night Caller

7.2 1975 Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6.0 1975 TV Show
The Things of Life

The Things of Life

7.1 1970 Movie
Murmur of the Heart

Murmur of the Heart

7.0 1971 Movie
The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes

5.9 1961 Movie
Midi trente

Midi trente

6.0 1972 TV Show
Indian Summer

Indian Summer

7.5 1972 Movie
A Difficult Life

A Difficult Life

8.0 1961 Movie
Christ Stopped at Eboli

Christ Stopped at Eboli

7.2 1979 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2014
    Il était une fois Sergio Leone

    Movie Self

  3. 1990
    Journey of Love

    Movie Zaira

  4. 1988
    Una donna spezzata

    Movie

  5. 1985
    Secrets Secrets

    Movie Marta

  6. 1984
    The Seventh Target

    Movie Nelly

  7. 1983
    Return to Lisca Bianca Island

    Movie Anna (voice) (archive footage)

  8. 1983
    Sarah

    Movie Carla Angelli

  9. 1981
    La Flambeuse

    Movie Louise

  10. 1979
    Le Divorcement

    Movie Rosa

  11. 1979
    Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Movie Luisa Levi

  12. 1978
    The Meetings of Anna

    Movie Anna's mother

  13. 1978
    Sale rêveur

    Movie Joséphe

  14. 1977
    Edipo Re

    Movie Iocasta

  15. 1977
    A Dog Called... Vengeance

    Movie Muriel

  16. 1977
    Faces of Love

    Movie Cecilia

More credits
  1. 1977
    Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

    Movie Tania

  2. 1977
    Violette & Francois

    Movie Cécile Levene

  3. 1976
    Stream Line

    Movie Amanda Treves

  4. 1976
    The Probability Factor

    Movie Gloria

  5. 1976
    Chi dice donna, dice donna

    Movie Gilbert

  6. 1975
    The Night Caller

    Movie Norah Elmer

  7. 1975
    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    TV show Self

  8. 1975
    Midi Première

    TV show Self

  9. 1974
    Anna Karenina

    TV show Anna Karenina

  10. 1974
    Spécial cinéma

    TV show Self

  11. 1974
    Allonsanfan

    Movie Charlotte

  12. 1974
    Bloody Murder

    Movie Helene Noblet

  13. 1973
    Impossible Object

    Movie Hippolyta

  14. 1973
    The Son

    Movie Maria

  15. 1973
    The Silent One

    Movie Maria

  16. 1973
    The Woman in Blue

    Movie Aurélie

  17. 1972
    Indian Summer

    Movie Monica

  18. 1972
    And Hope to Die

    Movie Sugar

  19. 1972
    Midi trente

    TV show Self

  20. 1971
    Paolo e Francesca

    Movie

  21. 1971
    Devil's Ransom

    Movie Britt

  22. 1971
    Murmur of the Heart

    Movie Clara Chevalier

  23. 1970
    Céleste

    Movie Hélène

  24. 1970
    The Things of Life

    Movie Catherine Bérard