
Lea Massari
- Date of Birth: 1933-06-30
- Place of Birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Biography
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 archite... 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.

Una donna spezzata
• 1988 August

Journey of Love
Romance, Drama • 1990 December

Céleste
• 1970 December

Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Documentary • 2014 October

The Misanthrope
• 1967 January

Paolo e Francesca
Drama, Romance • 1971 November

Volver a vivir
Comedy, Drama • 1968 February

Edipo Re
Drama • 1977 December

Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca
TV Movie, Documentary • 2017 May

Dreams Die at Dawn
Drama, War • 1961 December