Lea Massari
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1933-06-30 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Roma, Lazio, Italy
Lea Massari
Biography
Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari (born 30 June 1933) is 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 become 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 both in 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 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
Acting
(2017)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca
as Anna (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2014)
(1990)
Journey of Love
as Zaira
(1988)
(1985)
Secrets Secrets
as Marta
(1984)
The Seventh Target
as Nelly
(1983)
Sarah
as Carla Angelli
(1983)
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
(1981)
La Flambeuse
as Louise
(1979)
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Luisa Levi
(1979)
Le divorcement
as Rosa
(1978)
The Meetings of Anna
as Anna's mother
(1978)
Sale rêveur
as Joséphe
(1977)
A Dog Called... Vengeance
as Muriel
(1977)
Violette & Francois
as Cécile Levene
(1977)
Faces of Love
as Cecilia
(1977)
(1977)
Edipo Re
as Iocasta
(1976)
The Probability Factor
as Gloria
(1976)
Chi dice donna, dice donna
as Gilbert
(1976)
Stream Line
as Amanda Treves
(1975)
The Night Caller
as Norah Elmer
(1974)
Allonsanfan
as Charlotte
(1974)
Bloody Murder
as Helene Noblet
(1973)
Impossible Object
as Hippolyta
(1973)
The Silent One
as Maria
(1973)
The Woman in Blue
as Aurélie
(1973)
The Son
as Maria
(1972)
Indian Summer
as Monica
(1972)
And Hope to Die
as Sugar
(1971)
Murmur of the Heart
as Clara Chevalier
(1971)
Devil's Ransom
as Britt
(1971)
(1970)
The Things of Life
as Catherine Bérard
(1970)
Céleste
as Hélène
(1968)
I Want Him Dead
as Aloma
(1968)
Volver a vivir
as María
(1967)
(1967)
The Misanthrope
as Célimène
(1965)
The Camp Followers
as Toula
(1965)
Made in Italy
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
(1964)
The Unvanquished
as Dominique Servet
(1964)
Weeping for a Bandit
as María Jerónima
(1962)
Paris Pick-Up
as Marthe Dravet
(1962)
The Four Days of Naples
as Maria
(1962)
Conquered City
as Lelia Mendores
(1961)
The Colossus of Rhodes
as Diala
(1961)
A Difficult Life
as Elena Pavinato
(1961)
Dreams Die at Dawn
as Anna Miklos
(1960)
L'Avventura
as Anna
(1960)
From a Roman Balcony
as Freya
(1958)
Resurrection
as Maria Pawlowa
(1957)
I sogni nel cassetto
as Lucia Moretti
(1955)
Forbidden
as Agnese Barras
Crew
(1988)
Una donna spezzata
Writer