Birth Name: Anna Maria Massatani
Birth Date: 1933-06-30
Birth Place: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Details
Alternate Names: Léa Massari, Anna Maria Massatani, Леа Массари
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Forbidden (1955) as Agnese Barras
Most Important Roles: - Resurrection (1958) as Maria Pawlowa
- The Things of Life (1970) as Catherine Bérard
- Devil's Ransom (1971) as Britt
- L'Avventura (1960) as Anna
- The Night Caller (1975) as Norah Elmer
- Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) as Luisa Levi
- Murmur of the Heart (1971) as Clara Chevalier
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) as Diala
- The Four Days of Naples (1962) as Maria
- Made in Italy (1965) as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
Career Highlights: - Resurrection (1958)
- The Things of Life (1970)
- Devil's Ransom (1971)
- L'Avventura (1960)
- The Night Caller (1975)
- Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
- Murmur of the Heart (1971)
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
- The Four Days of Naples (1962)
- Made in Italy (1965)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 David - Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) (1985)
- Won Special David (1962)
- Won Silver Ribbon - Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) (1979)
- Nominated for 1 Silver Ribbon - Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) (1975)
- Won Silver Ribbon - Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) (1973)
- Nominated for 1 Silver Ribbon - Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) (1963)
- Nominated for 1 Silver Ribbon - Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) (1962)
- Won Career Award (1986)
- Won Laceno d'Oro - Best Actress (1963)
- Won Golden Goblet - Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) (1972)
- Won Golden Goblet - Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) (1962)
Full 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.
