Acting
Lea Massari
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.
Filmography
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Film · 2017
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Film · 2014
Journey of Love
Film · 1990
Una donna spezzata
Series · 1989
Secrets Secrets
Film · 1985
The Seventh Target
Film · 1984
Sarah
Film · 1983
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Film · 1983
La Flambeuse
Film · 1981
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Film · 1979
Le Divorcement
Film · 1979
The Meetings of Anna
Film · 1978
Sale rêveur
Film · 1978
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Film · 1977
Faces of Love
Film · 1977
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Film · 1977
Edipo Re
Film · 1977
Violette & Francois
Film · 1977
The Probability Factor
Film · 1976
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Film · 1976
Stream Line
Film · 1976
The Night Caller
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Midi Première
Series · 1975
Allonsanfan
Film · 1974
Bloody Murder
Film · 1974
Anna Karenina
Series · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
The Silent One
Film · 1973
The Woman in Blue
Film · 1973
Impossible Object
Film · 1973
The Son
Film · 1973
And Hope to Die
Film · 1972
Indian Summer
Film · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Devil's Ransom
Film · 1971
Murmur of the Heart
Film · 1971
Paolo e Francesca
Film · 1971
The Things of Life
Film · 1970
Céleste
Film · 1970
The Brothers Karamazov
Series · 1969
I Want Him Dead
Film · 1968
Volver a vivir
Film · 1968
Garden of Delights
Film · 1967
The Misanthrope
Film · 1967
Io, Gigliola
Series · 1966
Made in Italy
Film · 1965
The Camp Followers
Film · 1965
The Unvanquished
Film · 1964
Weeping for a Bandit
Film · 1964
The Four Days of Naples
Film · 1962
Paris Pick-Up
Film · 1962
Conquered City
Film · 1962
The Colossus of Rhodes
Film · 1961
A Difficult Life
Film · 1961
Dreams Die at Dawn
Film · 1961
L'Avventura
Film · 1960
From a Roman Balcony
Film · 1960
Resurrection
Film · 1958
I sogni nel cassetto
Film · 1957
Forbidden
Film · 1955
Morte di un bandito
Film