Lea Massari
Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari (born 30 June 1933) is 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 become 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 both in 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 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
The Brothers Karamazov
Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
The Colossus of Rhodes
Diala
Murmur of the Heart
Clara Chevalier
Indian Summer
Monica
L'Avventura
Anna
The Night Caller
Norah Elmer
And Hope to Die
Sugar
The Things of Life
Catherine Bérard
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Muriel
Allonsanfan
Charlotte
The Meetings of Anna
Anna's mother
The Silent One
Maria
I Want Him Dead
Aloma
Violette & Francois
Cécile Levene
The Probability Factor
Gloria
The Camp Followers
Toula
A Difficult Life
Elena Pavinato
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Luisa Levi
Made in Italy
Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
The Unvanquished
Dominique Servet
Weeping for a Bandit
María Jerónima
The Four Days of Naples
Maria
Faces of Love
Cecilia
Impossible Object
Hippolyta
From a Roman Balcony
Freya
Secrets Secrets
Marta
Paris Pick-Up
Marthe Dravet
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Gilbert
Volver a vivir
María
The Seventh Target
Nelly
Devil's Ransom
Britt
Bloody Murder
Helene Noblet
Forbidden
Agnese Barras
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Self
Garden of Delights
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Sarah
Carla Angelli
I sogni nel cassetto
Lucia Moretti
Una donna spezzata
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Le divorcement
Rosa
The Son
Maria
Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca
Anna (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Flambeuse
Louise
Resurrection
Maria Pawlowa
Stream Line
Amanda Treves
Conquered City
Lelia Mendores
Paolo e Francesca
Spécial cinéma
Self
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Self (archive footage)
Journey of Love
Zaira
Céleste
Hélène
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Dreams Die at Dawn
Anna Miklos
Edipo Re
Iocasta
Sale rêveur
Joséphe
The Woman in Blue
Aurélie
The Misanthrope
Célimène