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Lea Massari

Born
June 30, 1933
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
L'Avventura
(1960)
Anna
The Colossus of Rhodes
(1961)
Diala
Murmur of the Heart
(1971)
Clara Chevalier
Fear Over the City
(1975)
Norah Elmer
Indian Summer
(1972)
Monica
The Silent One
(1973)
Maria
Allonsanfan
(1974)
Charlotte
Made in Italy
(1965)
Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
The Things of Life
(1970)
Catherine Bérard
Christ Stopped at Eboli
(1979)
Luisa Levi
And Hope to Die
(1972)
Sugar
A Difficult Life
(1961)
Elena Pavinato
A Dog Called... Vengeance
(1977)
Muriel
The Seventh Target
(1984)
Nelly
Full Filmography
Acting
Forbidden
(1955)
Agnese Barras
I sogni nel cassetto
(1957)
Lucia Moretti
Resurrection
(1958)
Maria Pawlowa
L'Avventura
(1960)
Anna
From a Roman Balcony
(1960)
Freya
The Colossus of Rhodes
(1961)
Diala
A Difficult Life
(1961)
Elena Pavinato
Dreams Die at Dawn
(1961)
Anna Miklos
Conquered City
(1962)
Lelia Mendores
Paris Pick-Up
(1962)
Marthe Dravet
The Four Days of Naples
(1962)
Maria
The Unvanquished
(1964)
Dominique Servet
Weeping for a Bandit
(1964)
María Jerónima
Made in Italy
(1965)
Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
The Camp Followers
(1965)
Toula
Garden of Delights
(1967)
The Misanthrope
(1967)
Célimène
I Want Him Dead
(1968)
Aloma
Volver a vivir
(1968)
María
The Things of Life
(1970)
Catherine Bérard
Céleste
(1970)
Devil's Ransom
(1971)
Britt
Murmur of the Heart
(1971)
Clara Chevalier
Paolo e Francesca
(1971)
And Hope to Die
(1972)
Sugar
Indian Summer
(1972)
Monica
The Silent One
(1973)
Maria
The Woman in Blue
(1973)
Aurélie
Story of a Love Story
(1973)
Woman
The Son
(1973)
Maria
Allonsanfan
(1974)
Charlotte
Bloody Murder
(1974)
Helene Noblet
Fear Over the City
(1975)
Norah Elmer
The Undertaker Parlor Computer
(1976)
Gloria
Chi dice donna, dice donna
(1976)
Gilbert
Stream Line
(1976)
Amanda Treves
A Dog Called... Vengeance
(1977)
Muriel
Location Hunting
(1977)
Cecilia
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
(1977)
Edipo Re
(1977)
Iocasta
The Meetings of Anna
(1978)
Anna's mother
Sale rêveur
(1978)
Joséphe
Christ Stopped at Eboli
(1979)
Luisa Levi
Le divorcement
(1979)
Rosa
La Flambeuse
(1981)
Louise
Sarah
(1983)
Carla Angelli
Ritorno a Lisca Bianca
(1983)
Anna (voice) (archive footage)
The Seventh Target
(1984)
Nelly
Secrets Secrets
(1985)
Marta
Una donna spezzata
(1988)
Journey of Love
(1990)
Zaira
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
(2014)
Self
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
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