---
name: "Lea Massari"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lea-massari"
fi1m_id: "lea-massari"
imdb_id: "nm0557159"
tmdb_id: 20882
wikidata_id: "Q289020"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 June 1933"
died: "23 June 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:57:57.130932+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lea Massari

## Identity

Lea Massari

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lea-massari
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lea-massari
- **IMDb ID:** nm0557159
- **TMDB ID:** 20882
- **Wikidata ID:** Q289020
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Massari, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20882

Actor. Born 30 June 1933 in Roma, Lazio, Italy. Died 23 June 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 June 1933, Roma, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 23 June 2025
- **Active:** 1960–1979
- **Also known as:** Léa Massari, Anna Maria Massatani, Леа Массари
- **Frequently works with:** [Tonino Guerra](https://film.one/person/tonino-guerra.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Massari, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20882

## Biography

Lea Massari was an Italian actress. Born Anna Maria Massatani in Rome on 30 June 1933, she adopted her professional name after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied architecture in Switzerland and began her career in film in 1954.

Massari gained international recognition for her role as Anna in Michelangelo Antonioni's *L'Avventura* (1960). She appeared as Clara Chevalier in Louis Malle's *Murmur of the Heart* (1971) and as Luisa Levi in Francesco Rosi's *Christ Stopped at Eboli* (1979), for which she received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress. She worked extensively in both Italian and French cinema, with other notable roles including those in *The Colossus of Rhodes* (1961) and *The Things of Life* (1970). She served on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975 and retired from acting around 1990. She died in Rome on 23 June 2025.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Christ Stopped at Eboli* (1979), Fi1m 85, as Luisa Levi — [page](https://film.one/film/christ-stopped-at-eboli.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Journey of Love* (1990), as Zaira
- *Una donna spezzata* (1988), Writer
- *Secrets Secrets* (1985), as Marta
- *The Seventh Target* (1984), as Nelly
- *Return to Lisca Bianca Island* (1983), as Anna (voice) (archive footage)
- *Sarah* (1983), as Carla Angelli
- *La Flambeuse* (1981), as Louise
- *Le Divorcement* (1979), as Rosa
- *Christ Stopped at Eboli* (1979), as Luisa Levi — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/christ-stopped-at-eboli.md)
- *The Meetings of Anna* (1978), as Anna's mother
- *Sale rêveur* (1978), as Joséphe
- *Edipo Re* (1977), as Iocasta
- *A Dog Called... Vengeance* (1977), as Muriel
- *Faces of Love* (1977), as Cecilia
- *Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison* (1977), as Tania
- *Violette & Francois* (1977), as Cécile Levene
- *Stream Line* (1976), as Amanda Treves
- *The Probability Factor* (1976), as Gloria
- *Chi dice donna, dice donna* (1976), as Gilbert
- *The Night Caller* (1975), as Norah Elmer
- *Anna Karenina* (1974), series, as Anna Karenina
- *Allonsanfan* (1974), as Charlotte
- *Bloody Murder* (1974), as Helene Noblet
- *Impossible Object* (1973), as Hippolyta
- *The Son* (1973), as Maria
- *The Silent One* (1973), as Maria
- *The Woman in Blue* (1973), as Aurélie
- *Indian Summer* (1972), as Monica
- *And Hope to Die* (1972), as Sugar
- *Paolo e Francesca* (1971), Actor
- *Devil's Ransom* (1971), as Britt
- *Murmur of the Heart* (1971), as Clara Chevalier
- *Céleste* (1970), as Hélène
- *The Things of Life* (1970), as Catherine Bérard
- *The Brothers Karamazov* (1969), series, as Agrafena Aleksàndrovna
- *I Want Him Dead* (1968), as Aloma
- *Volver a vivir* (1968), as María
- *Garden of Delights* (1967), Actor
- *The Misanthrope* (1967), as Célimène
- *Io, Gigliola* (1966), series, Actor
- *Made in Italy* (1965), as Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
- *The Camp Followers* (1965), as Toula
- *The Unvanquished* (1964), as Dominique Servet
- *Weeping for a Bandit* (1964), as María Jerónima
- *Conquered City* (1962), as Lelia Mendores
- *The Four Days of Naples* (1962), as Maria
- *Paris Pick-Up* (1962), as Marthe Dravet
- *A Difficult Life* (1961), as Elena Pavinato
- *Dreams Die at Dawn* (1961), as Anna Miklos
- *The Colossus of Rhodes* (1961), as Diala
- *From a Roman Balcony* (1960), as Freya
- *L'Avventura* (1960), as Anna
- *Resurrection* (1958), as Maria Pawlowa
- *I sogni nel cassetto* (1957), as Lucia Moretti
- *Forbidden* (1955), as Agnese Barras
- *Morte di un bandito*, as Santa

## Gallery

- ![Lea Massari en 1965 (Italie). Retouché.](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-ef76984d8cc2.png) Lea Massari en 1965 (Italie). Retouché. — Tonino Delli Colli, Dario Di Palma, Valerio Zurlini / Zebra Film-Debora Film (Roma), Cineriz., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/LeaMassari-1965-Italie.png/1280px-LeaMassari-1965-Italie.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lea Massari in una scena del film italiano Proibito (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-af8c0961647d.png) Lea Massari in una scena del film italiano Proibito (1954) — Mario Monicelli (director), Documento Film (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Proibito_%281954%29_Lea_Massari_%282%29.png/1280px-Proibito_%281954%29_Lea_Massari_%282%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lea Massari in una scena del film Proibito (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-a804d38a044b.png) Lea Massari in una scena del film Proibito (1954) — Mario Monicelli (director), Documento Film (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Proibito_%281954%29_Lea_Massari.png/1280px-Proibito_%281954%29_Lea_Massari.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Italian actress Lea Massari (1970)](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-bbafb05ed671.jpg) Italian actress Lea Massari (1970) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Lea_Massari_70.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lea Massari](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-c8064f9f9253.jpg) Lea Massari — Image via TMDB
- ![Lea Massari](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-0e6f59dfa59e.jpg) Lea Massari — Image via TMDB
- ![Lea Massari](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-b84c7eebf4dc.jpg) Lea Massari — Image via TMDB
- ![Italian actors Lea Massari and Osvaldo Ruggeri (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-21ad5a377c36.jpg) Italian actors Lea Massari and Osvaldo Ruggeri (1965) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Lea_Massari_and_Osvaldo_Ruggeri.jpg/1280px-Lea_Massari_and_Osvaldo_Ruggeri.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lea Massari and Enrico Pagani in a scene from I sogni nel cassetto, a 1957 film directed by Renato Castellani.](https://film.one/media/person/3877475/gallery-d40e51804bd0.jpg) Lea Massari and Enrico Pagani in a scene from I sogni nel cassetto, a 1957 film directed by Renato Castellani. — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Photo_Lea_Massari_and_Enrico_Pagani_in_a_scene_from_I_sogni_nel_cassetto%2C_a_1957_film_directed_by_Renato_Castellani_1957_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_1631.jpg/1280px-Photo_Lea_Massari_and_Enrico_Pagani_in_a_scene_from_I_sogni_nel_cassetto%2C_a_1957_film_directed_by_Renato_Castellani_1957_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_1631.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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