- Lea Massari
Lea Massari (born
June 30 1933 ) is an Italian actress.She was born Anna Maria Massetani in
Rome , but when she was 22 she changed her name after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied architecture inSwitzerland .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, 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 Elio Petri's "Christ Stopped at Eboli".Filmography
* "
From a Roman Balcony " (1960)
* "L'avventura " (1960)
* "A Difficult Life " (1961)
* "Il Colosso di Rodi " (1961)
* "The Four Days of Naples " (1962)
* "L'Insoumis " (1964)
* "Des Filles pour l'armée" (1965)
* "Les Choses de la vie" (1970)
* "Céleste" (1970)
* "Murmur of the Heart " (1971)
* "La Course du lièvre à travers les champs " (1972)
* "La prima notte di quiete " (1972)
* "Allonsanfàn " (1973)
* "La Femme en bleu " (1973)
* "Le Fils " (1973)
* "Le Silencieux " (1973)
* "La Main à couper" (1974)
* "Peur sur la ville " (1975)
* "L'Ordinateur des pompes funèbres" (1976)
*"Violette et François " (1977)
* "Repérages " (1977)
* "Sale rêveur" (1978)
* "Les Rendez-vous d'Anna " (1978)
* "Le Divorcement" (1979)
* "Christ Stopped at Eboli" (1979)
* "La Flambeuse" (1981)
* "Sarah" (1983)
* "La 7ème cible (1984)External links
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