Lea Massari
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 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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1933-06-30
Place of birth
Roma, Lazio, Italy
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Cast
Resurrection
1958
6.00
The Things of Life
1970
7.11
Devil's Ransom
1971
6.00
L'Avventura
1960
7.50
The Night Caller
1975
7.25
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
7.14
Murmur of the Heart
1971
7.02
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
6.00
The Four Days of Naples
1962
7.50
Made in Italy
1965
6.00
Allonsanfan
1974
6.70
The Camp Followers
1965
6.70
The Silent One
1973
7.21
The Seventh Target
1984
5.80
A Difficult Life
1961
8.10
And Hope to Die
1972
6.30
The Meetings of Anna
1978
7.20
Garden of Delights
1967
5.60
The Probability Factor
1976
3.60
I Want Him Dead
1968
6.10
Paris Pick-Up
1962
6.00
The Woman in Blue
1973
5.20
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977
5.61
The Misanthrope
1967
0.00
The Unvanquished
1964
6.60
Impossible Object
1973
4.90
The Son
1973
5.10
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961
0.00
I sogni nel cassetto
1957
7.50
From a Roman Balcony
1960
6.50
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
5.70
Faces of Love
1977
5.80
Journey of Love
1990
0.00
Forbidden
1955
7.00
Secrets Secrets
1985
6.90
Conquered City
1962
4.30
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
5.10
Edipo Re
1977
0.00
Paolo e Francesca
1971
0.00
Sale rêveur
1978
0.00
Le divorcement
1979
6.00
La Flambeuse
1981
1.00
Sarah
1983
5.30
Céleste
1970
0.00
Indian Summer
1972
7.50
Bloody Murder
1974
5.20
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983
4.88
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014
0.00
Stream Line
1976
0.00
Volver a vivir
1968
0.00
Una donna spezzata
1988
0.00
Violette & Francois
1977
6.10