Lea Massari

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.

Acting

1983

Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Movie

Anna (voice) (archive footage)

1978

1977

1976

Stream Line
Movie

Amanda Treves

1975

1974

Anna Karenina
Tv

Anna Karenina

1974

1971

1970

1970

1970

1970

The Things of Life
Movie

Catherine Bérard

1969

The Brothers Karamazov
Tv

Agrafena Aleksàndrovna

1965

Made in Italy
Movie

Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")

1964

1962

Conquered City
Movie

Lelia Mendores

1962

Paris Pick-Up
Movie

Marthe Dravet

1961

A Difficult Life
Movie

Elena Pavinato

1958

Resurrection
Movie

Maria Pawlowa

1955

Forbidden
Movie

Agnese Barras

Writing

Infos

Full Name
Lea Massari
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
6/30/1933
Date of Death
6/23/2025
Also Known As

Léa Massari

Anna Maria Massatani

Леа Массари