Lea Massari

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 Antonionis Lavventura 1960 and as Clara the mother of a sexually precocious 14yearold boy named Laurent Benoît Ferreux in Louis Malles Murmur of the Heart 1971 She worked in both Italian and French Cinema Her career includes Sergio Leones 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 dArgento as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Francesco Rosis Christ Stopped at Eboli