Lea Massari, an Italian actress in “Le Boust à Coeur”, died at the age of 91

Anna Maria Massetani. Consequently, better known as lea massari, italian actress “le Lea Massari, died in Rome on Monday at the age of 91, announced several Italian media on Wednesday June 25. Meanwhile, The Italian actress. Meanwhile, who began her career with Mario Monicelli, also worked with Michelangelo Antonioni (Adventure) and Dino Risi (A difficult life).

Often described as“The most French actress of Italian stars”Lea Massari is in great demand. Moreover, continues successful films: The things of lifefrom Claude Sautet, Breath to the heartfrom Louis Malle, The silencerby Claude Pinoteau, The sonby Pierre Granier-Deferre, The woman in blueby Michel Deville, AllonfanTaviani brothers, or Christ stopped in EboliDe Francesco Rosi.

She also played with Jean-Louis Trintignant in The hare race through the fieldsby René Clément. Consequently, or Jean-Paul Belmondo in Fear on the cityfrom Henri Verneuil. Actress with expressive. nuanced game, comfortable in the dramatic register, she easily accepted supporting roles if the project seemed to her.

According to La RepubblicaLea Massari was buried in the cathedral of Sutri. a locality north of the Italian capital during a private ceremony. The Secretary of State for Italian Culture, Lucia Borgonzoni, praised “An actress with irresistible magnetism and dazzling talent”.

Born in Rome on June 30. 1933, she followed her engineer father during her adolescence and saw a few years in Spain, France and Switzerland. Back in Rome. she enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture and, to provide for her needs during her studies, she works as a model and collaborates with the decorator and costume designer Piero Gherardi, a family friend, who introduces her into the world of cinema, recalls The bus bus.

International notoriety with “Avventura” – Lea massari, italian actress "le

She won her first role in 1954 in Blood in the sunby Mario Monicelli. At 22. she takes her stage name in memory of her fiancé lea massari, italian actress “le Leo, who died in an accident shortly before their marriage. In 1960. with Adventurefrom Michelangelo Antonioni, who partially recounts the search for a young woman who disappeared before her marriage and who imposes an innovative vision of cinematographic art, she acquires international notoriety.

A year later. she played in the famous Peplum by Sergio Leone, The Colossus of Rhodeset A difficult lifefrom Dino Risi. We see it in France in 1964 in The rebellious. by Alain Cavalier, with Alain Delon, whom she will find in an Italian film by Valerio Zurlini, The teacherin 1972. But it was in 1971. in Breath to the heartof Louis Malle, for her role as mother with incestuous relationships with her son, whom she is most talked about.

Several times awarded. she obtained the David Donatello for best actress, in 1961, for her roles in A difficult lifefrom Dino Risi, and in Dreams die at dawn (“Dreams die at dawn”)produced by Mario Craveri, Enrico Gras and Indro Montanelli, as well as a silver ribbon for the best actress in a supporting role, in 1972, for her interpretation of Monica in The teacher. A year later. she obtained in France the crystal star for the best foreign actress for The hare race across the fields. She receives her second silver ribbon from the best actress in a supporting role for her performance by Luisa. Levi in Christ stopped in Eboli.

Her filmography extends lea massari, italian actress “le until the early 1990s. has more than 50 feature films, she also played in a dozen television and television series. The actress had withdrawn from the scene and public life for over thirty years.