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

  • Violette & Francois

    Violette & Francois

  • Edipo Re

    Edipo Re

  • Forbidden

    Forbidden

  • Sarah

    Sarah

  • Dreams Die at Dawn

    Dreams Die at Dawn

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • The Misanthrope

    The Misanthrope

  • Sale rêveur

    Sale rêveur

  • From a Roman Balcony

    From a Roman Balcony

  • The Seventh Target

    The Seventh Target

  • Céleste

    Céleste

  • Allonsanfan

    Allonsanfan

  • Faces of Love

    Faces of Love

  • Murmur of the Heart

    Murmur of the Heart

  • Return to Lisca Bianca Island

    Return to Lisca Bianca Island

  • Paolo e Francesca

    Paolo e Francesca

  • La Flambeuse

    La Flambeuse

  • A Dog Called... Vengeance

    A Dog Called... Vengeance

  • Una donna spezzata

    Una donna spezzata

  • Secrets Secrets

    Secrets Secrets

  • I Want Him Dead

    I Want Him Dead

  • L'Avventura

    L'Avventura

  • Devil's Ransom

    Devil's Ransom

  • Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

  • The Colossus of Rhodes

    The Colossus of Rhodes

  • The Night Caller

    The Night Caller

  • Conquered City

    Conquered City

  • The Camp Followers

    The Camp Followers

  • Chi dice donna, dice donna

    Chi dice donna, dice donna

  • A Difficult Life

    A Difficult Life

  • The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

  • The Things of Life

    The Things of Life

  • And Hope to Die

    And Hope to Die

  • Impossible Object

    Impossible Object

  • Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Christ Stopped at Eboli

  • Made in Italy

    Made in Italy

  • The Probability Factor

    The Probability Factor

  • The Meetings of Anna

    The Meetings of Anna

  • The Four Days of Naples

    The Four Days of Naples

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Garden of Delights

    Garden of Delights

  • Paris Pick-Up

    Paris Pick-Up

  • The Silent One

    The Silent One

  • Weeping for a Bandit

    Weeping for a Bandit

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • The Unvanquished

    The Unvanquished

  • I sogni nel cassetto

    I sogni nel cassetto

  • Stream Line

    Stream Line

  • Bloody Murder

    Bloody Murder

  • The Son

    The Son

  • The Woman in Blue

    The Woman in Blue

  • Volver a vivir

    Volver a vivir

  • Journey of Love

    Journey of Love

  • Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

    Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

  • Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

    Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

  • Le Divorcement

    Le Divorcement

  • Il était une fois Sergio Leone

    Il était une fois Sergio Leone