Lea Massari
Date of birth: 1933-06-30
Place of birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Léa Massari, Anna Maria Massatani, Леа Массари
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.
Movie Credits
Resurrection
1958-10-21
Young Prince Nechljudov is summoned as a judge in a murder trial. A rich merchant was found dead in
The Things of Life
1970-03-13
The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present
Devil's Ransom
1971-06-18
A rich industrialist is accused of a crime he didn't commit. But every single clue leads to him.
L'Avventura
1960-09-14
Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna go
The Night Caller
1975-04-09
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their l
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979-02-23
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli.
Murmur of the Heart
1971-04-27
This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stum
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961-06-15
While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to over
The Four Days of Naples
1962-11-16
September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally ov
Made in Italy
1965-12-22
A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.
Allonsanfan
1974-09-06
After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempte
The Camp Followers
1965-07-17
In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountain
The Silent One
1973-02-10
Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparen
The Seventh Target
1984-12-19
Bastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take effect.
A Difficult Life
1961-12-19
Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vit
And Hope to Die
1972-09-15
A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go qu
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017-02-10
The Meetings of Anna
1978-10-08
On a trip across Western Europe to promote her newest release, filmmaker Anna encounters several ind
Garden of Delights
1967-12-29
Charlo and Carla are on their honeymoon. She is three months pregnant. He, furious about his marriag
The Probability Factor
1976-04-07
Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of
I Want Him Dead
1968-06-15
After his sister is kidnapped and murdered, a gunslinger's plans for vengeance involve assassinating
Paris Pick-Up
1962-05-04
On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things t
The Woman in Blue
1973-01-14
Leading man Michel Piccoli plays Pierre, a young musician who briefly catches sight of a beautiful w
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977-12-02
A political prisoner in a South American dictatorship escapes and is pursued throughout the country
The Misanthrope
1967-01-01
Alceste hopes to be able to live his life without hypocrisy. However, he does not realize that socia
The Unvanquished
1964-09-25
In this drama that alludes to the Algerian War with France of the 1960s, Thomas is a deserter from t
Impossible Object
1973-05-24
Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful.
The Son
1973-03-30
Ange leaves New York to fly to his native Corsica. His mother is dying and Ange, who was not present
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961-12-01
Five Italian journalists live the last hours of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
I sogni nel cassetto
1957-09-01
The difficulties of a young married couple, since the husband has to prepare for his examinations du
From a Roman Balcony
1960-10-29
The ironic study of a young man's poignant adventures and sensual adventures...based on "Roman Tales
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976-02-11
Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become
Faces of Love
1977-11-16
After 10 years separation from his wife, a film director (Jean-Louis Trintignant), imagines he can m
Journey of Love
1990-12-07
An older couple finally travels to the sea, reliving old memories along the way.
Forbidden
1955-09-23
Don Paolo, a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese, tries to make peace in a little village i
Secrets Secrets
1985-03-15
Young terrorist Laura shoots both a judge and a comrade, and over time her violent act becomes a thr
Conquered City
1962-12-05
Filmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed), Conquered
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977-09-22
Antonio Gramsci, sentenced to twenty years in prison by the fascist tribunals, relives the stages of
Weeping for a Bandit
1964-08-31
José María "El Tempranillo" fleeing from justice, takes refuge in Sierra Morena. After a period of h
Edipo Re
1977-12-11
Paolo e Francesca
1971-11-02
Sale rêveur
1978-04-04
A young man struggling with reality and dreams finds himself caught between his fantasies and the ha
Le Divorcement
1979-08-22
In this rambling comic tale about a man and a wife, with four children, who calmly announce to the c
La Flambeuse
1981-05-13
A woman on the brink of middle age becomes bored and takes up playing cards. She becomes hooked on g
Sarah
1983-04-27
An insurance investigator meets an attractive woman in a hotel on his way to check out the causes of
Céleste
1970-12-10
Georges Cazenave, a " politically committed" French TV reporter leads a good life. Besides having a
Indian Summer
1972-10-18
In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini
Bloody Murder
1974-03-06
Hélène, an antique dealer and her husband Georges, a respected doctor, live in a beautiful property
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983-10-28
Twenty-three years after L'Avventura (1960), Michelangelo Antonioni returns to Lisca Bianca Island.
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014-10-19
Stream Line
1976-05-06
Rome, October 16, 1943. The Germans deport the relatives and friends of the little Giacomo Treves wh
Volver a vivir
1968-02-12
A former soccer player is morally and mentally destroied by the death of his wife. But when he gets
Una donna spezzata
1988-08-06
Violette & Francois
1977-03-17
Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, Fran