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.
Known for
Midi Première
Self
Midi trente
Self
Faces of Love
Cecilia
Sarah
Carla Angelli
Murmur of the Heart
Clara Chevalier
The Misanthrope
Célimène
Sale rêveur
Joséphe
L'Avventura
Anna
Forbidden
Agnese Barras
Secrets Secrets
Marta
Violette & Francois
Cécile Levene
The Colossus of Rhodes
Diala
Edipo Re
Iocasta
Allonsanfan
Charlotte
The Silent One
Maria
The Brothers Karamazov
Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
Indian Summer
Monica
The Night Caller
Norah Elmer
Una donna spezzata
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
The Meetings of Anna
Anna's mother
A Difficult Life
Elena Pavinato
And Hope to Die
Sugar
The Four Days of Naples
Maria
Paris Pick-Up
Marthe Dravet
I Want Him Dead
Aloma
The Things of Life
Catherine Bérard
The Seventh Target
Nelly
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Gilbert
The Camp Followers
Toula
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Luisa Levi
The Probability Factor
Gloria
The Unvanquished
Dominique Servet
Conquered City
Lelia Mendores
Weeping for a Bandit
María Jerónima
Impossible Object
Hippolyta
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Muriel
Céleste
Hélène
The Woman in Blue
Aurélie
Resurrection
Maria Pawlowa
Made in Italy
Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
Devil's Ransom
Britt
From a Roman Balcony
Freya
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Journey of Love
Zaira
Bloody Murder
Helene Noblet
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Tania
Garden of Delights
Stream Line
Amanda Treves
I sogni nel cassetto
Lucia Moretti
Volver a vivir
María
Paolo e Francesca
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Self (archive footage)
The Son
Maria
La Flambeuse
Louise
Dreams Die at Dawn
Anna Miklos
Le Divorcement
Rosa
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
Morte di un bandito
Santa