Lea Massari

Acteur

30 juni 1933 — 23 juni 2025 (91 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • I Want Him Dead
    I Want Him Dead1968

Known For

  • L'Avventura
    L'Avventura1960
  • Le souffle au coeur
    Le souffle au coeur1971
  • The Colossus of Rhodes
    The Colossus of Rhodes1961
  • De dingen van het leven
    De dingen van het leven1970
  • Christ Stopped at Eboli
    Christ Stopped at Eboli1979
  • De slag. Om Napels
    De slag. Om Napels1962
  • Allonsanfan
    Allonsanfan1974
  • Have I the Right to Kill?
    Have I the Right to Kill?1964
  • La 7ème cible
    La 7ème cible1984
  • The Camp Followers
    The Camp Followers1965
  • Les Rendez-vous d'Anna
    Les Rendez-vous d'Anna1978
  • La prima notte di quiete
    La prima notte di quiete1972
  • Drijfjacht
    Drijfjacht1972
  • From a Roman Balcony
    From a Roman Balcony1960
  • I Want Him Dead
    I Want Him Dead1968
  • Escape to Nowhere
    Escape to Nowhere1973
  • A Dog Called... Vengeance
    A Dog Called... Vengeance1977
  • The Woman in Blue
    The Woman in Blue1973
  • Paris Pick-Up
    Paris Pick-Up1962
  • Weeping for a Bandit
    Weeping for a Bandit1964

Cinematografie

1990
Viaggio d'amore · as Zaira
1985
Segreti segreti · as Marta
1984
La 7ème cible · as Nelly
1983
Sarah · as Carla Angelli
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli · as Luisa Levi
1978
Meetings with Anna · as Anna's Mother
1977
1977
Faces of Love · as Cecilia
1977
1977
Edipo re · as Giocasta
1977
Violette & François · as Cécile Levene
1976
1976
1975
The Night Caller · as Norah Elmer
1974
Allonsanfan · as Charlotte
1974
Bloody Murder · as Helene Noblet
1973
Story of a Love Story · as Hippolyta
1973
The Son · as Maria
1973
Escape to Nowhere · as Maria
1973
The Woman in Blue · as Aurélie
1972
Indian Summer · as Monica
1972
...And Hope to Die · as Sugar
1971
1971
Devil's Ransom · as Britt
1971
Murmur of the Heart · as Clara Chevalier
1970
The Things of Life · as Catherine Bérard
1969
I fratelli Karamazov · as Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
1968
I Want Him Dead · as AlomaOp Plex
1968
Volver a vivir · as María
1967
1967
The fiancés · as La Signora Di Monza
1965
Made in Italy · as Monica (segment "1 'usi E Costumi', Episode 3")
1965
The Camp Followers · as Toula
1964
Have I the Right to Kill? · as Dominique Servet
1964
Weeping for a Bandit · as María Jerónima
1962
Conquered City · as Lelia Mendores
1962
1962
Paris Pick-Up · as Marthe Dravet
1961
A Difficult Life · as Elena Pavinato
1961
1960
1960
L'Avventura · as Anna
1958
Auferstehung · as Maria Pawlowa
1958
Capitan Fracassa · as Isabella
1957
I sogni nel cassetto · as Lucia Moretti
1955
Forbidden · as Agnese Barras