Murmur of the Heart1971
As Clara Chevalier
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lea Massari
Born
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.
Filmography (55)
L'Avventura1960
As Anna
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Secrets Secrets1985
As Marta
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Indian Summer1972
As Monica
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Night Caller1975
As Norah Elmer
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Faces of Love1977
As Cecilia
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Colossus of Rhodes1961
As Diala
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Sale rêveur
Sale rêveur1978
As Joséphe
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Things of Life1970
As Catherine Bérard
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Camp Followers1965
As Toula
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Meetings of Anna1978
As Anna's mother
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sarah1983
As Carla Angelli
TMDb 6.0 / 10
I Want Him Dead1968
As Aloma
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Seventh Target1984
As Nelly
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Difficult Life1961
As Elena Pavinato
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Made in Italy1965
As Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Christ Stopped at Eboli1979
As Luisa Levi
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Paris Pick-Up1962
As Marthe Dravet
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Conquered City1962
As Lelia Mendores
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Four Days of Naples1962
As Maria
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Silent One1973
As Maria
TMDb 7.3 / 10
A Dog Called... Vengeance1977
As Muriel
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Unvanquished1964
As Dominique Servet
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Misanthrope
The Misanthrope1967
As Célimène
Resurrection1958
As Maria Pawlowa
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Woman in Blue1973
As Aurélie
TMDb 5.4 / 10
And Hope to Die1972
As Sugar
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Allonsanfan1974
As Charlotte
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Una donna spezzata
Una donna spezzata1988
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Devil's Ransom1971
As Britt
TMDb 7.0 / 10
From a Roman Balcony1960
As Freya
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Impossible Object1973
As Hippolyta
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Journey of Love1990
As Zaira
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Chi dice donna, dice donna1976
As Gilbert
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Morte di un bandito
Morte di un banditoRelease date TBA
As Santa
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Bloody Murder1974
As Helene Noblet
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Weeping for a Bandit1964
As María Jerónima
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Probability Factor1976
As Gloria
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Volver a vivir1968
As María
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Son1973
As Maria
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Céleste1970
As Hélène
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison1977
As Tania
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Return to Lisca Bianca Island1983
As Anna (voice) (archive footage)
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Forbidden1955
As Agnese Barras
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Il était une fois Sergio Leone2014
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Garden of Delights1967
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Violette & Francois1977
As Cécile Levene
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Le Divorcement1979
As Rosa
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Paolo e Francesca1971
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Stream Line1976
As Amanda Treves
TMDb 7.0 / 10
La Flambeuse1981
As Louise
TMDb 4.0 / 10
I sogni nel cassetto1957
As Lucia Moretti
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Edipo Re1977
As Iocasta
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit2017
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Dreams Die at Dawn1961
As Anna Miklos
TMDb 10.0 / 10
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