Lea Massari

Lea Massari

Acting
Born Jun 30, 1933
From Roma, Lazio, Italy
Died Jun 23, 2025

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

Filmography — Acting

Murmur of the Heart
7.0
1971

Murmur of the Heart

Clara Chevalier

L'Avventura
7.5
1960

L'Avventura

Anna

Indian Summer
7.6
1972

Indian Summer

Monica

The Colossus of Rhodes
5.9
1961

The Colossus of Rhodes

Diala

Allonsanfan
6.8
1974

Allonsanfan

Charlotte

The Night Caller
7.2
1975

The Night Caller

Norah Elmer

The Things of Life
7.1
1970

The Things of Life

Catherine Bérard

A Dog Called... Vengeance
5.4
1977

A Dog Called... Vengeance

Muriel

The Silent One
7.2
1973

The Silent One

Maria

The Seventh Target
5.9
1984

The Seventh Target

Nelly

Christ Stopped at Eboli
7.1
1979

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Luisa Levi

The Meetings of Anna
7.0
1978

The Meetings of Anna

Anna's mother

The Camp Followers
6.7
1965

The Camp Followers

Toula

I Want Him Dead
6.1
1968

I Want Him Dead

Aloma

Made in Italy
6.0
1965

Made in Italy

Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")

Resurrection
6.0
1958

Resurrection

Maria Pawlowa

And Hope to Die
6.3
1972

And Hope to Die

Sugar

The Unvanquished
6.6
1964

The Unvanquished

Dominique Servet

Paris Pick-Up
6.1
1962

Paris Pick-Up

Marthe Dravet

Bloody Murder
4.8
1974

Bloody Murder

Helene Noblet

Faces of Love
5.8
1977

Faces of Love

Cecilia

Stream Line
1976

Stream Line

Amanda Treves

Chi dice donna, dice donna
5.7
1976

Chi dice donna, dice donna

Gilbert

The Son
5.1
1973

The Son

Maria

Devil's Ransom
6.0
1971

Devil's Ransom

Britt

Conquered City
4.3
1962

Conquered City

Lelia Mendores

The Woman in Blue
5.2
1973

The Woman in Blue

Aurélie

Weeping for a Bandit
5.1
1964

Weeping for a Bandit

María Jerónima

Impossible Object
4.3
1973

Impossible Object

Hippolyta

Céleste
1970

Céleste

Hélène

Le Divorcement
6.0
1979

Le Divorcement

Rosa

The Probability Factor
3.6
1976

The Probability Factor

Gloria

The Four Days of Naples
7.5
1962

The Four Days of Naples

Maria

Journey of Love
1990

Journey of Love

Zaira

A Difficult Life
8.0
1961

A Difficult Life

Elena Pavinato

Violette & Francois
6.1
1977

Violette & Francois

Cécile Levene

Secrets Secrets
6.9
1985

Secrets Secrets

Marta

Return to Lisca Bianca Island
4.9
1983

Return to Lisca Bianca Island

Anna (voice) (archive footage)

Garden of Delights
5.7
1967

Garden of Delights

From a Roman Balcony
6.5
1960

From a Roman Balcony

Freya

Volver a vivir
1968

Volver a vivir

María

Forbidden
6.5
1955

Forbidden

Agnese Barras

Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
6.6
1977

Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

Tania

Edipo Re
1977

Edipo Re

Iocasta

Sarah
5.3
1983

Sarah

Carla Angelli

La Flambeuse
1.0
1981

La Flambeuse

Louise

I sogni nel cassetto
7.0
1957

I sogni nel cassetto

Lucia Moretti

1978

Sale rêveur

Joséphe

1988

Una donna spezzata

Dreams Die at Dawn
1961

Dreams Die at Dawn

Anna Miklos

Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
8.0
2017

Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

Self (archive footage)

Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014

Il était une fois Sergio Leone

Self

1967

The Misanthrope

Célimène

Morte di un bandito

Santa

Paolo e Francesca
1971

Paolo e Francesca

Filmography — Crew