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Maria Lease

Maria Lease

Actor, editor, director and writer

Works as
Actor, editor, director and writer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 53 credits in all
Links
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Known for

What are Maria Lease's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
53%
Morality
30%
Bonds
10%
Power
7%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
5
Absurd
2
Cold
2
Contemplative
1

How their films linger

Unsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Maria Lease's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Maria Lease's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

53 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Midnight Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Writer

  • Hollywood Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Script Supervisor

  • Co-ed Call Girl(1996)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Abandoned and Deceived (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Script Supervisor

  • Silk Stalkings(1991)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Dolly Dearest(1991)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • MacGyver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · Script Supervisor

  • Better Off Dead(1985)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Silence of the Heart(1984)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Little Girls Blue 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director · Writer

  • Chop Stix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • Little Girls Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director · Writer

  • Expensive Tastes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director · Editor

  • Soft Places (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director · Editor · Wardrobe Supervisor

  • Sweater Girls(1978)

    Additional Editor

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Planet of Dinosaurs(1977)

    Editor · Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Reflections (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Editor · Script Supervisor

  • Three Shades of Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Editor

  • Kiss of the Tarantula(1975)

    Script Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Night Pleasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Continuity

  • Fantasy in Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Script Supervisor

  • The Swinging Cheerleaders(1974)

    Additional Editor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Young Secretaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Editor

  • Teen-Age Jail Bait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Script Supervisor

  • The Dirty Dolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Script Supervisor

  • The Hard Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Script Supervisor

  • Schoolgirls in Chains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Editor · Script Supervisor

  • Sex and the Office Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Julie

  • Street of a Thousand Pleasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Slave Girl (uncredited)

  • Hollywood Babylon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Continuity

  • Dracula vs. Frankenstein(1971)

    as Joan

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Sinthia: The Devil's Doll(1970)

    as Liz

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Sandra: The Making of a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Script Supervisor

  • Excited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • Horror of the Blood Monsters(1970)

    as Girl with Purse (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Love Camp 7(1969)

    as Lt. Linda Harman

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • One Million AC/DC (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Marla (uncredited)

  • Monique, My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Janice / Girl in Shower (uncredited)

  • Hedonistic Pleasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Manager (uncredited)

  • The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Nancy

  • The Scavengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Faith

  • Vibrations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Barbara (uncredited)

  • I Want You! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Barbara

  • Mnasidika (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Murdered Girl

  • The Pick-Up(1968)

    as Party Guest in Chair

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Actor

  • The Wall of Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Vera Coleman

  • All the Sins of Sodom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Leslie (uncredited)

  • Seven Days Too Long (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Linda

  • Angelique in Black Leather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Jenelle

  • Return of the Secret Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Lisa (uncredited)

  • The Kiss-Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Raped Woman (uncredited)

  • To Mount Lowe with Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Supervising Editor

Career shape

A full career of 53 titles, 52 of them dated from 1968 to 1998.

Highest rated

Dolly Dearest (1991)

Midcredits 13th

Most popular right now

Sinthia: The Devil's Doll (1970)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting23 of 53: 23 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score5thDirecting7 of 53: 2 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting4 of 53: 1 only writing, 3 with another roleEditing10 of 53: 5 only editing, 5 with another roleOther crew18 of 53: 14 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score18th

53 titles, 8 with more than one role.

By decade

1960s17 · acting1970s25 · 6 acting · 19 crew1980s4 · crew1990s6 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Maria Lease's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 8th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 10th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

10thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

6thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 14 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)

83rd percentile spread · 74% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Pick-Up (1968)

Midcredits 44th · 44% liked

Reviewers score the acting 27/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 43, detractors 18. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Maria Lease work with?

People who share at least 2 of Maria Lease's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lee Frost shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors