About

Known credits:
57
Birthday:
1933-06-30
Place of birth:
Rome, Italy
Website:
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Lea Massari

Overview

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

Acting
2017 Archeologia del set: Ritorno a Lisca Bianca Actor Anna (archive footage) (uncredited) N/A
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2017 Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2014 Il était une fois Sergio Leone Actor Self N/A
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1990 Journey of Love Actor Zaira N/A
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1988 Una donna spezzata Actor N/A
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1985 Secrets Secrets Actor Marta 59
Average
1984 The Seventh Target Actor Nelly 59
Average
1983 Return to Lisca Bianca Island Actor Anna (voice) (archive footage) 59
Average
1983 Sarah Actor Carla Angelli 58
Average
1981 La Flambeuse Actor Louise 58
Average
1979 Le divorcement Actor Rosa 58
Average
1979 Christ Stopped at Eboli Actor Luisa Levi 60
Fair
1978 The Meetings of Anna Actor Anna's mother 59
Average
1978 Sale rêveur Actor Joséphe N/A
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1977 Edipo Re Actor Iocasta N/A
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1977 A Dog Called... Vengeance Actor Muriel 58
Average
1977 Faces of Love Actor Cecilia 58
Average
1977 Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison Actor 59
Average
1976 Stream Line Actor Amanda Treves N/A
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1976 The Undertaker Parlor Computer Actor Gloria 58
Average
1976 Chi dice donna, dice donna Actor Gilbert 59
Average
1975 The Night Caller Actor Norah Elmer 63
Fair
1974 Anna Karenina Actor Anna Karenina 69
Fair
1974 Allonsanfan Actor Charlotte 59
Average
1974 Bloody Murder Actor Helene Noblet 58
Average
1973 Story of a Love Story Actor Hippolyta 58
Average
1973 The Son Actor Maria 58
Average
1973 The Silent One Actor Maria 59
Average
1973 The Woman in Blue Actor Aurélie 58
Average
1972 Indian Summer Actor Monica 62
Fair
1972 And Hope to Die Actor Sugar 59
Average
1971 Paolo e Francesca Actor N/A
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1971 Devil's Ransom Actor Britt 59
Average
1971 Murmur of the Heart Actor Clara Chevalier 61
Fair
1970 Céleste Actor N/A
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1970 The Things of Life Actor Catherine Bérard 62
Fair
1969 The Brothers Karamazov Actor Agrafena Aleksàndrovna 70
Good
1968 I Want Him Dead Actor Aloma 59
Average
1968 Volver a vivir Actor María N/A
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1967 Garden of Delights Actor 58
Average
1967 The Misanthrope Actor Célimène N/A
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1965 Made in Italy Actor Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3") 58
Average
1965 The Camp Followers Actor Toula 59
Average
1964 The Unvanquished Actor Dominique Servet 59
Average
1964 Weeping for a Bandit Actor María Jerónima 58
Average
1962 Conquered City Actor Lelia Mendores 58
Average
1962 The Four Days of Naples Actor Maria 60
Fair
1962 Paris Pick-Up Actor Marthe Dravet 58
Average
1961 A Difficult Life Actor Elena Pavinato 62
Fair
1961 Dreams Die at Dawn Actor Anna Miklos N/A
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1961 The Colossus of Rhodes Actor Diala 59
Average
1960 From a Roman Balcony Actor Freya 59
Average
1960 L'Avventura Actor Anna 68
Fair
1958 Resurrection Actor Maria Pawlowa 59
Average
1957 I sogni nel cassetto Actor Lucia Moretti 59
Average
1955 Forbidden Actor Agnese Barras 59
Average

Writing
1988 Una donna spezzata Writing Writer N/A
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