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.
Filmography
all 61
Movies 55
self 6
TV Shows 6
Voice 1
Archeologia del set: Ritorno a Lisca Bianca (2017)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (2017)
Una donna spezzata (1988)
Sarah (1983)
La Flambeuse (1981)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
Sale rêveur (1978)
Edipo Re (1977)
Location Hunting (1977)
Violette & Francois (1977)
Stream Line (1976)
The Night Caller (1975)
Anna Karenina (1974)
Allonsanfan (1974)
Bloody Murder (1974)
Story of a Love Story (1973)
The Son (1973)
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
Céleste (1970)
The Things of Life (1970)
The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
The Misanthrope (1967)
Made in Italy (1965)
The Camp Followers (1965)
The Unvanquished (1964)
Weeping for a Bandit (1964)
Conquered City (1962)
Paris Pick-Up (1962)
A Difficult Life (1961)
Dreams Die at Dawn (1961)
Resurrection (1958)
I sogni nel cassetto (1957)
Forbidden (1955)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1933-06-30 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
CitizenshipsItaly
Also Known AsLéa Massari, Anna Maria Massatani, Леа Массари
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