Lea Massari
Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari (born 30 June 1933) is 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 become 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 both in 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 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.
Acted in
Archeologia del set: Ritorno a Lisca Bianca
2017
as Anna (archive footage) (uncredited)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014
as Self
Journey of Love
1990
as Zaira
Una donna spezzata
1988
Secrets Secrets
1985
as Marta
The Seventh Target
1984
as Nelly
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
Sarah
1983
as Carla Angelli
La Flambeuse
1981
as Louise
Le divorcement
1979
as Rosa
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Luisa Levi
The Meetings of Anna
1978
as Anna's mother
Sale rêveur
1978
as Joséphe
Edipo Re
1977
as Iocasta
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977
as Muriel
Faces of Love
1977
as Cecilia
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
Stream Line
1976
as Amanda Treves
The Undertaker Parlor Computer
1976
as Gloria
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
as Gilbert
The Night Caller
1975
as Norah Elmer
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Anna Karenina
1974
as Anna Karenina
Allonsanfan
1974
as Charlotte
Bloody Murder
1974
as Helene Noblet
Story of a Love Story
1973
as Woman
The Son
1973
as Maria
The Silent One
1973
as Maria
The Woman in Blue
1973
as Aurélie
Indian Summer
1972
as Monica
And Hope to Die
1972
as Sugar
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Paolo e Francesca
1971
Devil's Ransom
1971
as Britt
Murmur of the Heart
1971
as Clara Chevalier
Céleste
1970
The Things of Life
1970
as Catherine Bérard
The Brothers Karamazov
1969
as Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
I Want Him Dead
1968
as Aloma
Volver a vivir
1968
as María
Garden of Delights
1967
The Misanthrope
1967
as Célimène
Made in Italy
1965
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
The Camp Followers
1965
as Toula
The Unvanquished
1964
as Dominique Servet
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
as María Jerónima
Conquered City
1962
as Lelia Mendores
The Four Days of Naples
1962
as Maria
Paris Pick-Up
1962
as Marthe Dravet
A Difficult Life
1961
as Elena Pavinato
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961
as Anna Miklos
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
as Diala
From a Roman Balcony
1960
as Freya
L'Avventura
1960
as Anna
Resurrection
1958
as Maria Pawlowa
I sogni nel cassetto
1957
as Lucia Moretti
Forbidden
1955
as Agnese Barras