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