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Lea Massari

Lea Massari

Actorb. June 30, 1933Roma, Lazio, Italy
About

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
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit2017 · Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Il était une fois Sergio Leone2014 · Self
Journey of Love
Journey of Love1990 · Zaira
Una donna spezzata1988
Secrets Secrets
Secrets Secrets1985 · Marta
The Seventh Target
The Seventh Target1984 · Nelly
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Return to Lisca Bianca Island1983 · Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Sarah
Sarah1983 · Carla Angelli
La Flambeuse
La Flambeuse1981 · Louise
Le Divorcement
Le Divorcement1979 · Rosa
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Christ Stopped at Eboli1979 · Luisa Levi
The Meetings of Anna
The Meetings of Anna1978 · Anna's mother
Sale rêveur1978 · Joséphe
Edipo Re
Edipo Re1977 · Iocasta
A Dog Called... Vengeance
A Dog Called... Vengeance1977 · Muriel
Faces of Love
Faces of Love1977 · Cecilia
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison1977 · Tania
Violette & Francois
Violette & Francois1977 · Cécile Levene
Stream Line
Stream Line1976 · Amanda Treves
The Probability Factor
The Probability Factor1976 · Gloria
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