Orchidea De Santis
Biography
Orchidea De Santis, pseudonym of Orchidea De Sanctis (Bari, December 20, 1948), is an Italian actress. Of Salento origins but born in Bari due to her father's work as an officer in the Navy, she moved with her family, who ran a hotel in the capital of Puglia, first to Gallipoli and then to Rome, following her sister who was sixteen years older. At the beginning she was also a singer and, later, a theater actress. She has ranged from cinema to radio, from theater to music, until arriving on television. From 2006 to 2013 she managed a blog. She collaborates with various animal rights and environmental associations. Active especially in the Seventies, she was an interpreter of the Italian sexy comedy, initially mainly in costume and with a Boccaccian setting. Her presence in Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno is curious, a film in which, for script needs, she was made up to appear ugly. In 1979, her film career came to an abrupt end following a serious injury on the set of Carlo Vanzina's film Arrivano i gatti when, due to an accidental fall into a trap door, she broke her elbow (which was later completely surgically reconstructed), risking permanent damage to her entire arm.
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Movies (49)
Close Friends
as Elena
1992
Arrivano i gatti
as attrice del film erotico
1980
Three Under the Sheets
as Rosita, la domestica (segment "Sabatto mattina")
1979
Ridendo e scherzando
as Dalia Casali
1978
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
as sorella di Vilma e Vera
1978
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
as Teresa, moglie di Toni
1977
L'appuntamento
as moglie del collega
1977
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
as Doris
1977
Rene the Cane
as Kim
1977
Under the Sheets
as Nurse Italia
1976
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
as Bastiana
1976
Una bella governante di colore
as Santina
1976
The Sweet Aunts
as Farmer
1975
The Family Vice
as Marisa
1975
Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
as Nadia
1975
La sensualità è un attimo di vita
as Wife of Franco
1975
L'ingenua
as Susy
1975
Love Angels
as Benedetta
1974
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
as Jolanda, la Sposa
1974
Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No!
1974
The Killer Wore Gloves
as Shirley
1974
La nipote
as Doris - The Maid
1974
Charlys Nichten
as Dominique
1974
To Love Ophelia
as Trieste - blonde prostitute
1974
Provaci anche tu Lionel
as Anna Tredicesimo
1973
Tales of Erotica
as Lisa Martini (segment "The Trick")
1973
The Sensual Man
as una prostituta
1973
The Sexbury Tales
as Amanda
1973
Lady Dynamite
1973
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
as Viola
1972
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
1972
Love, Passion and Pleasure
as Dinda
1972
Hot Nights of the Decameron
as Peronella
1972
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
as Sandy Christian
1972
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
as The Prostitute
1972
Prey of Vultures
as Janet Sullivan
1972
Devil in the Brain
as Caterina
1972
The Forbidden Decameron
as Tessa
1972
Hector the Mighty
as Briseide
1972
Decameroticus
as Wife of Ciacco
1972
The Weekend Murders
as Evelyn, the maid
1970
Your Sweet Body to Kill
as Elena Sanders
1970
Quelli belli... siamo noi
as Elisabetta Castrosalvo
1970
Invasion
as Ella
1970
Una macchia rosa
as Nadia
1970
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
1969
The Labyrinth of Sex
as Anna
1969
Coup D'Etat
as Girl with glasses
1969
Psychopath
as Manuela, Nyorkos Tochter
1968
