Person Details
Birthday: 1933-06-30 04:15:44
Aliases: Léa Massari , Anna Maria Massatani
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Rome, Italy
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Movie Involvements: 41
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Midi Première
(1975) SelfMidi trente
(1972) SelfL'Avventura
(1960) AnnaThe Colossus of Rhodes
(1961) DialaFear Over the City
(1975) Norah ElmerIndian Summer
(1972) MonicaThe Things of Life
(1970) Catherine BérardThe Camp Followers
(1965) ToulaActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
2014 | Self | |
1990 | Zaira | |
1988 | N/A | |
1985 | Marta | |
1984 | Nelly | |
1983 | Anna (voice) (archive footage) | |
Carla Angelli | ||
1981 | Louise | |
1979 | Luisa Levi | |
1978 | Anna's mother | |
Joséphe | ||
1977 | Muriel | |
Cecilia | ||
N/A | ||
1976 | Amanda Treves | |
Gloria | ||
Gilbert | ||
1975 | Norah Elmer | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
1974 | Anna Karenina | |
Charlotte | ||
Helene Noblet | ||
1973 | Woman | |
Maria | ||
Maria | ||
Aurélie | ||
1972 | Monica | |
Sugar | ||
Self | ||
1971 | Britt | |
Clara Chevalier | ||
1970 | Catherine Bérard | |
1969 | Agrafena Aleksàndrovna | |
1968 | Aloma | |
María | ||
1967 | N/A | |
Célimène | ||
1965 | Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3") | |
Toula | ||
1964 | Dominique Servet | |
María Jerónima | ||
1962 | Lelia Mendores | |
Maria | ||
Marthe Dravet | ||
1961 | Elena Pavinato | |
Anna Miklos | ||
Diala | ||
1960 | Freya | |
Anna | ||
1958 | Maria Pawlowa | |
1957 | Lucia Moretti | |
1955 | Agnese Barras | |
N/A | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1988 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |