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

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Night Caller

    The Night Caller

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • A Dog Called... Vengeance

    A Dog Called... Vengeance

  • Le divorcement

    Le divorcement

  • Faces of Love

    Faces of Love

  • The Silent One

    The Silent One

  • The Camp Followers

    The Camp Followers

  • Edipo Re

    Edipo Re

  • Céleste

    Céleste

  • La Flambeuse

    La Flambeuse

  • The Unvanquished

    The Unvanquished

  • The Son

    The Son

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Murmur of the Heart

    Murmur of the Heart

  • Allonsanfan

    Allonsanfan

  • The Misanthrope

    The Misanthrope

  • Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

  • And Hope to Die

    And Hope to Die

  • Forbidden

    Forbidden

  • Sarah

    Sarah

  • Sale rêveur

    Sale rêveur

  • Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Christ Stopped at Eboli

  • The Colossus of Rhodes

    The Colossus of Rhodes

  • Bloody Murder

    Bloody Murder

  • Paris Pick-Up

    Paris Pick-Up

  • Weeping for a Bandit

    Weeping for a Bandit

  • Violette & Francois

    Violette & Francois

  • The Things of Life

    The Things of Life

  • Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

    Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

  • The Probability Factor

    The Probability Factor

  • Impossible Object

    Impossible Object

  • The Meetings of Anna

    The Meetings of Anna

  • The Four Days of Naples

    The Four Days of Naples

  • Chi dice donna, dice donna

    Chi dice donna, dice donna

  • Made in Italy

    Made in Italy

  • Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

    Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

  • Il était une fois Sergio Leone

    Il était une fois Sergio Leone

  • The Seventh Target

    The Seventh Target

  • Volver a vivir

    Volver a vivir

  • Dreams Die at Dawn

    Dreams Die at Dawn

  • From a Roman Balcony

    From a Roman Balcony

  • Garden of Delights

    Garden of Delights

  • Journey of Love

    Journey of Love

  • Return to Lisca Bianca Island

    Return to Lisca Bianca Island

  • L'Avventura

    L'Avventura

  • A Difficult Life

    A Difficult Life

  • The Woman in Blue

    The Woman in Blue

  • Conquered City

    Conquered City

  • Stream Line

    Stream Line

  • Paolo e Francesca

    Paolo e Francesca

  • The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

  • I Want Him Dead

    I Want Him Dead

  • Una donna spezzata

    Una donna spezzata

  • Devil's Ransom

    Devil's Ransom

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Secrets Secrets

    Secrets Secrets

  • I sogni nel cassetto

    I sogni nel cassetto