Lea Massari

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

60

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-06-30

Day of death

2025-06-23 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Roma, Lazio, Italy

Lea Massari

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

  • Midi Première

    Midi Première

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Probability Factor

    The Probability Factor

  • Murmur of the Heart

    Murmur of the Heart

  • And Hope to Die

    And Hope to Die

  • Le divorcement

    Le divorcement

  • The Camp Followers

    The Camp Followers

  • Chi dice donna, dice donna

    Chi dice donna, dice donna

  • Impossible Object

    Impossible Object

  • The Colossus of Rhodes

    The Colossus of Rhodes

  • Weeping for a Bandit

    Weeping for a Bandit

  • Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

  • Made in Italy

    Made in Italy

  • Allonsanfan

    Allonsanfan

  • The Son

    The Son

  • Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Christ Stopped at Eboli

  • The Silent One

    The Silent One

  • The Night Caller

    The Night Caller

  • The Four Days of Naples

    The Four Days of Naples

  • The Unvanquished

    The Unvanquished

  • Violette & Francois

    Violette & Francois

  • Dreams Die at Dawn

    Dreams Die at Dawn

  • Il était une fois Sergio Leone

    Il était une fois Sergio Leone

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

    Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

  • Céleste

    Céleste

  • Volver a vivir

    Volver a vivir

  • Journey of Love

    Journey of Love

  • Paris Pick-Up

    Paris Pick-Up

  • The Things of Life

    The Things of Life

  • Bloody Murder

    Bloody Murder

  • A Dog Called... Vengeance

    A Dog Called... Vengeance

  • Sarah

    Sarah

  • Stream Line

    Stream Line

  • The Seventh Target

    The Seventh Target

  • Faces of Love

    Faces of Love

  • From a Roman Balcony

    From a Roman Balcony

  • The Meetings of Anna

    The Meetings of Anna

  • L'Avventura

    L'Avventura

  • The Misanthrope

    The Misanthrope

  • La Flambeuse

    La Flambeuse

  • Return to Lisca Bianca Island

    Return to Lisca Bianca Island

  • Forbidden

    Forbidden

  • Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

    Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Garden of Delights

    Garden of Delights

  • The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

  • A Difficult Life

    A Difficult Life

  • I Want Him Dead

    I Want Him Dead

  • Edipo Re

    Edipo Re

  • The Woman in Blue

    The Woman in Blue

  • Paolo e Francesca

    Paolo e Francesca

  • Conquered City

    Conquered City

  • Sale rêveur

    Sale rêveur

  • Devil's Ransom

    Devil's Ransom

  • Secrets Secrets

    Secrets Secrets

  • Una donna spezzata

    Una donna spezzata

  • I sogni nel cassetto

    I sogni nel cassetto