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Lea Massari
Actor

Lea Massari

30 Jun 1933Born
23 Jun 2025Died
91Age at death
56Credits

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.

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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

Filmography

  1. TBAMorte di un banditoFilm: Santa
  2. 1990Journey of LoveFilm: Zaira
  3. 1988Una donna spezzataFilm: Writer
  4. 1985Secrets SecretsFilm: Marta
  5. 1984The Seventh TargetFilm: Nelly
  6. 1983Return to Lisca Bianca IslandFilm: Anna (voice) (archive footage)
  7. 1983SarahFilm: Carla Angelli
  8. 1981La FlambeuseFilm: Louise
  9. 1979Le DivorcementFilm: Rosa
  10. 1979Christ Stopped at EboliFilm: Luisa Levi
  11. 1978The Meetings of AnnaFilm: Anna's mother
  12. 1978Sale rêveurFilm: Joséphe
  13. 1977Edipo ReFilm: Iocasta
  14. 1977A Dog Called... VengeanceFilm: Muriel
  15. 1977Faces of LoveFilm: Cecilia
  16. 1977Antonio Gramsci: The Days of PrisonFilm: Tania
  17. 1977Violette & FrancoisFilm: Cécile Levene
  18. 1976Stream LineFilm: Amanda Treves
  19. 1976The Probability FactorFilm: Gloria
  20. 1976Chi dice donna, dice donnaFilm: Gilbert
  21. 1975The Night CallerFilm: Norah Elmer
  22. 1974Anna KareninaSeries: Anna Karenina (6 episodes)
  23. 1974AllonsanfanFilm: Charlotte
  24. 1974Bloody MurderFilm: Helene Noblet
  25. 1973Impossible ObjectFilm: Hippolyta
  26. 1973The SonFilm: Maria
  27. 1973The Silent OneFilm: Maria
  28. 1973The Woman in BlueFilm: Aurélie
  29. 1972Indian SummerFilm: Monica
  30. 1972And Hope to DieFilm: Sugar
  31. 1971Paolo e FrancescaFilm
  32. 1971Devil's RansomFilm: Britt
  33. 1971Murmur of the HeartFilm: Clara Chevalier
  34. 1970CélesteFilm: Hélène
  35. 1970The Things of LifeFilm: Catherine Bérard
  36. 1969The Brothers KaramazovSeries: Agrafena Aleksàndrovna (7 episodes)
  37. 1968I Want Him DeadFilm: Aloma
  38. 1968Volver a vivirFilm: María
  39. 1967Garden of DelightsFilm
  40. 1967The MisanthropeFilm: Célimène
  41. 1966Io, GigliolaSeries (1 episode)
  42. 1965Made in ItalyFilm: Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
  43. 1965The Camp FollowersFilm: Toula
  44. 1964The UnvanquishedFilm: Dominique Servet
  45. 1964Weeping for a BanditFilm: María Jerónima
  46. 1962Conquered CityFilm: Lelia Mendores
  47. 1962The Four Days of NaplesFilm: Maria
  48. 1962Paris Pick-UpFilm: Marthe Dravet
  49. 1961A Difficult LifeFilm: Elena Pavinato
  50. 1961Dreams Die at DawnFilm: Anna Miklos
  51. 1961The Colossus of RhodesFilm: Diala
  52. 1960From a Roman BalconyFilm: Freya
  53. 1960L'AvventuraFilm: Anna
  54. 1958ResurrectionFilm: Maria Pawlowa
  55. 1957I sogni nel cassettoFilm: Lucia Moretti
  56. 1955ForbiddenFilm: Agnese Barras

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