8.0
8.0
A Difficult Life
1961
as Elena Pavinato
Lea Massari
Acting
Born:June 30, 1933
Died:June 23, 2025(aged 91)
Birthplace:Roma, Lazio, Italy
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (54 movies)
8.0
8.0
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
L'Avventura
1960
as Anna
7.5
7.5
Indian Summer
1972
as Monica
7.5
7.5
I sogni nel cassetto
1957
as Lucia Moretti
7.5
7.5
The Four Days of Naples
1962
as Maria
7.2
7.2
The Night Caller
1975
as Norah Elmer
7.2
7.2
The Silent One
1973
as Maria
7.1
7.1
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Luisa Levi
7.1
7.1
The Things of Life
1970
as Catherine Bérard
7.0
7.0
Murmur of the Heart
1971
as Clara Chevalier
6.9
6.9
The Meetings of Anna
1978
as Anna's mother
6.9
6.9
Secrets Secrets
1985
as Marta
6.7
6.7
The Camp Followers
1965
as Toula
6.7
6.7
Allonsanfan
1974
as Charlotte
6.6
6.6
The Unvanquished
1964
as Dominique Servet
6.6
6.6
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977
as Tania
6.5
6.5
From a Roman Balcony
1960
as Freya
6.5
6.5
Forbidden
1955
as Agnese Barras
6.3
6.3
And Hope to Die
1972
as Sugar
6.1
6.1
I Want Him Dead
1968
as Aloma
6.1
6.1
Violette & Francois
1977
as Cécile Levene
6.0
6.0
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
as Diala
6.0
6.0
Made in Italy
1965
as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
6.0
6.0
Devil's Ransom
1971
as Britt
6.0
6.0
Resurrection
1958
as Maria Pawlowa
6.0
6.0
Le divorcement
1979
as Rosa
6.0
6.0
Paris Pick-Up
1962
as Marthe Dravet
5.8
5.8
The Seventh Target
1984
as Nelly
5.8
5.8
Faces of Love
1977
as Cecilia
5.7
5.7
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
as Gilbert
5.6
5.6
Garden of Delights
1967
5.4
5.4
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977
as Muriel
5.3
5.3
Sarah
1983
as Carla Angelli
5.2
5.2
The Woman in Blue
1973
as Aurélie
5.1
5.1
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
as María Jerónima
5.1
5.1
The Son
1973
as Maria
4.9
4.9
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983
as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
4.8
4.8
Bloody Murder
1974
as Helene Noblet
4.5
4.5
Impossible Object
1973
as Hippolyta
4.3
4.3
Conquered City
1962
as Lelia Mendores
3.4
3.4
The Probability Factor
1976
as Gloria
1.0
1.0
La Flambeuse
1981
as Louise
Céleste
1970
as Hélène
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014
as Self
Stream Line
1976
as Amanda Treves
Volver a vivir
1968
as María
Una donna spezzata
1988
Writer
Sale rêveur
1978
as Joséphe
The Misanthrope
1967
as Célimène
Journey of Love
1990
as Zaira
Edipo Re
1977
as Iocasta
Paolo e Francesca
1971
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961
as Anna Miklos
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