Occupation Actress Spouse Carlo Bianchini (m. 1963) Role Actress | Name Lea Massari Years active 1954–1990 | |
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Full Name Anna Maria Massetani Born June 30, 1933 (age 91) ( 1933-06-30 ) Rome, Italy Awards David di Donatello Special Award Nominations David di Donatello for Best Actress Movies Similar Benoît Ferreux, Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti | ||
Lea massari
Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari (born 30 June 1933) is an Italian actress.
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She was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but changed her name to Lea Massari when she was 22, after the death of her fiance Leo. She studied architecture in Switzerland.
Massari become known 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 (Benoit 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 The Colossus of Rhodes (Il Colosso di Rodi, 1961) and international commercial films such as The Things of Life (Les Choses de la vie, 1970).
She was member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975.
After appearing in Francesco Rosi's Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si e fermato a Eboli, 1979), she won the Nastro d'Argento Best supporting Actress award.
Lea Massari.
Filmography
Actress
1990
Viaggio d'amore as
Zaira
1988
Una donna spezzata (TV Movie) as
Virginia
1986
Una donna a Venezia (TV Mini Series) as
Tina
- Episode #1.4 (1986) - Tina
- Episode #1.3 (1986) - Tina
- Episode #1.2 (1986) - Tina
- Episode #1.1 (1986) - Tina
1985
Segreti segreti as
Marta
1984
La 7ème cible as
Nelly
1984
La vigna di uve nere (TV Mini Series) as
Concetta
- Episode #1.2 (1984) - Concetta
- Episode #1.1 (1984) - Concetta
1983
Sarah as
Carla Angelli
1981
La flambeuse as
Louise
1980
Quaderno proibito (TV Mini Series) as
Valeria
- Episode #1.4 (1980) - Valeria
- Episode #1.3 (1980) - Valeria
- Episode #1.2 (1980) - Valeria
- Episode #1.1 (1980) - Valeria
1979
Le divorcement as
Rosa
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli as
Luisa Levi
1978
The Meetings of Anna as
La mère d'Anna
1978
Sale rêveur as
Joséphe
1977
A Dog Called... Vengeance as
Muriel
1977
Faces of Love as
Cecilia
1977
Antonio Gramsci: i giorni del carcere as
Tania
1977
Violette & François as
Mère de François
1976
La linea del fiume as
Amanda Treves
1976
The Probability Factor as
Gloria
1976
Chi dice donna dice donna as
Gilbert (segment "Papa e maman")
1975
The Night Caller as
Nora Elmer
1974
Anna Karenina (TV Mini Series) as
Anna Karenina
- Episode #1.6 (1974) - Anna Karenina
- Episode #1.5 (1974) - Anna Karenina
- Episode #1.4 (1974) - Anna Karenina
- Episode #1.3 (1974) - Anna Karenina
- Episode #1.2 (1974) - Anna Karenina
- Episode #1.1 (1974) - Anna Karenina
1974
Allonsanfan as
Charlotte
1974
Bloody Murder as
Hélène Noblet
1973
Story of a Love Story as
Woman
1973
The Son as
Maria
1973
Escape to Nowhere as
Maria Menela
1973
La femme en bleu as
Aurélie
1972
Indian Summer as
Monica
1972
And Hope to Die as
Sugar
1971
Paolo e Francesca
1971
Devil's Ransom as
Britt
1971
Murmur of the Heart as
Clara Chevalier (as Léa Massari)
1971
Qualcuno bussa alla porta (TV Series) as
Lei
- La vedova (1971) - Lei
1970
Céleste as
Hélène
1970
The Things of Life as
Catherine Bérard (as Léa Massari)
1969
I fratelli Karamazov (TV Mini Series) as
Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
- Settima puntata (1969) - Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
- Sesta puntata (1969) - Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
- Quinta puntata (1969) - Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
- Quarta puntata (1969) - Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
- Seconda puntata (1969) - Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
- Prima puntata (1969) - Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
1968
I Want Him Dead as
Aloma
1968
Volver a vivir as
María
1967
Il giardino delle delizie as
Carlo's mistress
1967
Holiday (Incantesimo) (TV Movie) as
Linda Seton
1967
I promessi sposi (TV Mini Series) as
La Signora di Monza
- Episode #1.5 (1967) - La Signora di Monza
- Episode #1.3 (1967) - La Signora di Monza
1965
Made in Italy as
Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
1965
The Camp Followers as
Toula Demantritza
1964
La coda del diavolo
1964
L'insoumis as
Dominique Servet
1964
Llanto por un bandido as
María Jerónima
1962
Conquered City as
Lelia Mendores
1962
The Four Days of Naples as
Maria (uncredited)
1962
Le monte-charge as
Marthe Dravet
1961
I sogni muoiono all'alba as
Anna Miklos
1961
Morte di un bandito as
Santa
1961
A Difficult Life as
Elena Pavinato
1961
The Colossus of Rhodes as
Diala
1960
From a Roman Balcony as
Freja
1960
The Adventure as
Anna
1958
Auferstehung as
Marja Pawlowna
1958
Capitan Fracassa (TV Mini Series) as
Isabella
- Episode #1.5 (1958) - Isabella
- Episode #1.4 (1958) - Isabella
- Episode #1.3 (1958) - Isabella
- Episode #1.2 (1958) - Isabella
- Episode #1.1 (1958) - Isabella
1957
I sogni nel cassetto as
Lucia Moretti
1955
Forbidden as
Agnese Barras
Writer
1988
Una donna spezzata (TV Movie) (screenplay)
Costume Department
2013
Neverlake (costumer)
Self
2007
Personnel et confidentiel (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (2007) - Self (as Léa Massari)
1994
Quelli che... il calcio (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 4 December 1994 (1994) - Self
1994
Maurizio Costanzo Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Altero Matteoli: Uno contro tutti (1994) - Self
1988
Il gioco dei 9 (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 13 December 1988 (1988) - Self
1985
La vie de château (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 11 May 1985 (1985) - Self
1977
Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 2 April 1978 (1978) - Self
- Episode dated 20 November 1977 (1977) - Self
1977
Rafael Alberti en Roma... y en España (Documentary short)
1975
Midi-Première (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 15 May 1975 (1975) - Self
1972
Midi Trente (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 9 March 1974 (1974) - Self
- Episode dated 10 July 1972 (1972) - Self
1973
Le dernier des cinq (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 7 January 1973 (1973) - Self
1971
Grand Amphi (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 December 1971 (1971) - Self
1971
Zur Nacht (TV Series documentary) as
Giulia Fabbri
- Der Schraubstock (La morsa) (1971) - Giulia Fabbri
1961
Les échos du cinéma (TV Series short) as
Self
- Episode #1.22 (1961) - Self
Archive Footage
2023
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression La Prima Notte di Quiete de Valerio Zurlini (2023)
- Compression L'Avventura de Michelangelo Antonioni (2023)
2021
Claude Sautet, le calme et la dissonance (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2017
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2015
Chico: Artista Brasileiro (Documentary) as
Self
1983
Return to Lisca Bianca Island (TV Short documentary) as
Anna
References
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