Lea Massari
Born June 30, 1933 (Age: 92)
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Roma, Lazio, Italy
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Journey of Love
1990
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as Zaira
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Age: 57
No Image
Una donna spezzata
1988
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as
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Age: 55
Secrets Secrets
1985
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as Marta
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Age: 51
La Flambeuse
1981
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as Louise
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Age: 47
The Meetings of Anna
1978
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as Anna's mother
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Age: 45
No Image
Sale rêveur
1978
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as Joséphe
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Age: 44
Edipo Re
1977
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as Iocasta
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Age: 44
Allonsanfan
1974
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as Charlotte
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Age: 41
Bloody Murder
1974
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as Helene Noblet
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Age: 40
Impossible Object
1973
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as Hippolyta
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Age: 39
The Son
1973
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as Maria
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Age: 39
The Silent One
1973
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as Maria
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Age: 39
The Woman in Blue
1973
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as Aurélie
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Age: 39
Indian Summer
1972
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as Monica
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Age: 39
And Hope to Die
1972
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as Sugar
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Age: 39
Paolo e Francesca
1971
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as
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Age: 38
Volver a vivir
1968
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as María
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Age: 34
Made in Italy
1965
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as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
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Age: 32
The Camp Followers
1965
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as Toula
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Age: 32
The Unvanquished
1964
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as Dominique Servet
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Age: 31
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
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as María Jerónima
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Age: 31
Conquered City
1962
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as Lelia Mendores
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Age: 29
The Four Days of Naples
1962
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as Maria
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Age: 29
Paris Pick-Up
1962
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as Marthe Dravet
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Age: 28
A Difficult Life
1961
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as Elena Pavinato
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Age: 28
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961
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as Anna Miklos
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Age: 28
The Colossus of Rhodes
1961
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as Diala
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Age: 27
From a Roman Balcony
1960
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as Freya
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Age: 27
L'Avventura
1960
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as Anna
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Age: 27
Resurrection
1958
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as Maria Pawlowa
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Age: 25
Forbidden
1955
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as Agnese Barras
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Age: 22