Nome di nascita: Anna Maria Massatani
Data di nascita: 1933-06-30
Luogo di nascita: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Dettagli
Nomi alternativi: Léa Massari, Anna Maria Massatani, Леа Массари
Caratteristiche fisiche: N/A
Carriera
Prime apparizioni: - Forbidden (1955) come Agnese Barras
Ruoli più importanti: - Resurrection (1958) come Maria Pawlowa
- The Things of Life (1970) come Catherine Bérard
- Devil's Ransom (1971) come Britt
- L'Avventura (1960) come Anna
- The Night Caller (1975) come Norah Elmer
- Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) come Luisa Levi
- Murmur of the Heart (1971) come Clara Chevalier
- The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) come Diala
- The Four Days of Naples (1962) come Maria
- Made in Italy (1965) come Monica (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 3")
Punti salienti della carriera: - 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)
Premi
Premi: - 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)
Biografia completa
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.
