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Also known as Anna Maria Massatani

Italian actress (1933–2015)

Film & TV

Acting · Roma, Lazio, Italy

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…

Known for

  • Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Il était une fois Sergio Leone — Self2014
  • Journey of Love — Zaira1990
  • Una donna spezzata1988
  • Secrets Secrets — Marta1985
  • The Seventh Target — Nelly1984
  • Sarah — Carla Angelli1983
  • Return to Lisca Bianca Island — Anna (voice) (archive footage)1983
  • La Flambeuse — Louise1981
  • Christ Stopped at Eboli — Luisa Levi1979

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
Italy
Active from
1933
Active to
2025

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
158
Total plays
465

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. <i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2

    · 2018 · cited 7,447x

  2. Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency

    · 2013 · cited 6,820x

  3. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    · 2016 · cited 4,417x

  4. <i>Gaia</i> Data Release 3

    · 2023 · cited 4,141x

  5. <i>Gaia</i>Early Data Release 3

    · 2021 · cited 3,750x

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Key facts

Born
Anna Maria Massatani , ( 1933-06-30 ) 30 June 1933, Rome , Kingdom of Italy
Died
23 June 2025 (2025-06-23) (aged 91), Rome, Italy
Occupations
Actress singer
Years active
1954–1990
Spouse
Carlo Bianchini ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2004 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Anna Maria Massatani (30 June 1933 – 23 June 2025), known professionally as Lea Massari, was an Italian actress and singer. Her international breakout role as Anna in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura (1960) established her as an icon of European art cinema. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress twice, and was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best Actress once.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lea Massari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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