
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.

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