Cast & creator
Lea Massari
Best known for Midi Première, Les Rendez-vous du dimanche, Spécial cinéma
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.
Also known as: Léa Massari, Anna Maria Massatani, Леа Массари
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film credits
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television credits
62
1955–2017 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (63)
Showing 63 of 63 credits
Midi Première
Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Midi trente
Self
1972
The Things of Life
Catherine Bérard
1970
Murmur of the Heart
Clara Chevalier
1971
Io, Gigliola
1966
The Colossus of Rhodes
Diala
1961
L'Avventura
Anna
1960
Indian Summer
Monica
1972
The Night Caller
Norah Elmer
1975
And Hope to Die
Sugar
1972
The Meetings of Anna
Anna's mother
1978
I Want Him Dead
Aloma
1968
The Four Days of Naples
Maria
1962
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
1974
The Camp Followers
Toula
1965
Faces of Love
Cecilia
1977
The Probability Factor
Gloria
1976
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
Self
2014
Secrets Secrets
Marta
1985
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Luisa Levi
1979
The Seventh Target
Nelly
1984
The Brothers Karamazov
Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
1969
Sarah
Carla Angelli
1983
Conquered City
Lelia Mendores
1962
A Difficult Life
Elena Pavinato
1961
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Muriel
1977
The Woman in Blue
Aurélie
1973
Made in Italy
Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
1965
Stream Line
Amanda Treves
1976
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Gilbert
1976
The Silent One
Maria
1973
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Self (archive footage)
2017
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Anna (voice) (archive footage)
1983
Allonsanfan
Charlotte
1974
Bloody Murder
Helene Noblet
1974
Resurrection
Maria Pawlowa
1958
Weeping for a Bandit
María Jerónima
1964
Garden of Delights
1967Morte di un bandito
Santa
Sale rêveur
Joséphe
1978
Devil's Ransom
Britt
1971
Edipo Re
Iocasta
1977
Impossible Object
Hippolyta
1973
Violette & Francois
Cécile Levene
1977
Paris Pick-Up
Marthe Dravet
1962
From a Roman Balcony
Freya
1960
Journey of Love
Zaira
1990
Céleste
Hélène
1970
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Tania
1977
The Unvanquished
Dominique Servet
1964
I sogni nel cassetto
Lucia Moretti
1957
Dreams Die at Dawn
Anna Miklos
1961
Forbidden
Agnese Barras
1955
The Son
Maria
1973
Le Divorcement
Rosa
1979
Volver a vivir
María
1968Una donna spezzata
1988Una donna spezzata
Writer
1988
Paolo e Francesca
1971The Misanthrope
Célimène
1967
La Flambeuse
Louise
1981