Lea Massari
Acting
Born 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 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.
Films (54)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014
Journey of Love
1990
Una donna spezzata
1988
Secrets Secrets
1985
The Seventh Target
1984
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983
Sarah
1983
La Flambeuse
1981
Le Divorcement
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
The Meetings of Anna
1978
Sale rêveur
1978
Edipo Re
1977
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977
Faces of Love
1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
Violette & Francois
1977
Stream Line
1976
The Probability Factor
1976
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
The Night Caller
1975
Allonsanfan
1974
Bloody Murder
1974
Impossible Object
1973
The Son
1973
The Silent One
1973
The Woman in Blue
1973
Indian Summer
1972
And Hope to Die
1972
Paolo e Francesca
1971
Devil's Ransom
1971
Murmur of the Heart
1971
Céleste
1970
The Things of Life
1970
I Want Him Dead
1968
Volver a vivir
1968
Garden of Delights
1967
The Misanthrope
1967
Made in Italy
1965
The Camp Followers
1965
The Unvanquished
1964
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
Conquered City
1962
The Four Days of Naples
1962
Paris Pick-Up
1962
A Difficult Life
1961
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
From a Roman Balcony
1960
L'Avventura
1960
Resurrection
1958
I sogni nel cassetto
1957
Forbidden
1955