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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/02/2017
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Character:Self
Release Date:19/10/2014
Journey of Love
Character:Zaira
Release Date:07/12/1990
Una donna spezzata
Character:
Release Date:06/08/1988
Secrets Secrets
Character:Marta
Release Date:15/03/1985
The Seventh Target
Character:Nelly
Release Date:19/12/1984
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Character:Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:28/10/1983
Sarah
Character:Carla Angelli
Release Date:27/04/1983
La Flambeuse
Character:Louise
Release Date:13/05/1981
Le Divorcement
Character:Rosa
Release Date:22/08/1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Character:Luisa Levi
Release Date:23/02/1979
The Meetings of Anna
Character:Anna's mother
Release Date:08/10/1978
Sale rêveur
Character:Joséphe
Release Date:04/04/1978
Edipo Re
Character:Iocasta
Release Date:11/12/1977
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Character:Muriel
Release Date:02/12/1977
Faces of Love
Character:Cecilia
Release Date:16/11/1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Character:Tania
Release Date:22/09/1977
Violette & Francois
Character:Cécile Levene
Release Date:17/03/1977
Stream Line
Character:Amanda Treves
Release Date:06/05/1976
The Probability Factor
Character:Gloria
Release Date:07/04/1976
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Character:Gilbert
Release Date:11/02/1976
The Night Caller
Character:Norah Elmer
Release Date:09/04/1975
Allonsanfan
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:06/09/1974
Bloody Murder
Character:Helene Noblet
Release Date:06/03/1974
Impossible Object
Character:Hippolyta
Release Date:24/05/1973
The Son
Character:Maria
Release Date:30/03/1973
The Silent One
Character:Maria
Release Date:10/02/1973
The Woman in Blue
Character:Aurélie
Release Date:14/01/1973
Indian Summer
Character:Monica
Release Date:18/10/1972
And Hope to Die
Character:Sugar
Release Date:15/09/1972
Paolo e Francesca
Character:
Release Date:02/11/1971
Devil's Ransom
Character:Britt
Release Date:18/06/1971
Murmur of the Heart
Character:Clara Chevalier
Release Date:27/04/1971
Céleste
Character:Hélène
Release Date:10/12/1970
The Things of Life
Character:Catherine Bérard
Release Date:13/03/1970
I Want Him Dead
Character:Aloma
Release Date:15/06/1968
Volver a vivir
Character:María
Release Date:12/02/1968
Garden of Delights
Character:
Release Date:29/12/1967
The Misanthrope
Character:Célimène
Release Date:01/01/1967
Made in Italy
Character:Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
Release Date:22/12/1965
The Camp Followers
Character:Toula
Release Date:17/07/1965
The Unvanquished
Character:Dominique Servet
Release Date:25/09/1964
Weeping for a Bandit
Character:María Jerónima
Release Date:31/08/1964
Conquered City
Character:Lelia Mendores
Release Date:05/12/1962
The Four Days of Naples
Character:Maria
Release Date:16/11/1962
Paris Pick-Up
Character:Marthe Dravet
Release Date:04/05/1962
A Difficult Life
Character:Elena Pavinato
Release Date:19/12/1961
Dreams Die at Dawn
Character:Anna Miklos
Release Date:01/12/1961
The Colossus of Rhodes
Character:Diala
Release Date:15/06/1961
From a Roman Balcony
Character:Freya
Release Date:29/10/1960
L'Avventura
Character:Anna
Release Date:14/09/1960
Resurrection
Character:Maria Pawlowa
Release Date:21/10/1958
I sogni nel cassetto
Character:Lucia Moretti
Release Date:01/09/1957
Forbidden
Character:Agnese Barras
Release Date:23/09/1955
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