Lea Massari
Born: 1933-06-30
Place of Birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Biography
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
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Resurrection
The Silent One
The Unvanquished
The Camp Followers
Céleste
Allonsanfan
Bloody Murder
Faces of Love
The Things of Life
Forbidden
The Son
Secrets Secrets
Edipo Re
Murmur of the Heart
La Flambeuse
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Garden of Delights
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
L'Avventura
Sarah
Violette & Francois
Paris Pick-Up
The Colossus of Rhodes
Stream Line
Devil's Ransom
Conquered City
The Night Caller
The Seventh Target
Indian Summer
A Difficult Life
I Want Him Dead
And Hope to Die
Made in Italy
Chi dice donna, dice donna
The Meetings of Anna
The Four Days of Naples
The Probability Factor
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Dreams Die at Dawn
Weeping for a Bandit
Impossible Object
From a Roman Balcony
Journey of Love
The Woman in Blue
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Volver a vivir
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Paolo e Francesca
I sogni nel cassetto
