Orchidea De Santis
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
How I Learned to Love Women
Agnes
1966
Series
Eurotika!
Self
1999
Film
Una bella governante di colore
Santina
1976
Film
The Family Vice
Marisa
1975
Film
Under the Sheets
Nurse Italia
1976
Film
Rene the Cane
Kim
1977
Film
The Sweet Aunts
Farmer
1975
Film
La nipote
Doris - The Maid
1974
Film
Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
Nadia
1975
Film
The Sensual Man
una prostituta
1973
Film
Una macchia rosa
Nadia
1970
Film
The Weekend Murders
Evelyn, the maid
1970
Film
Hector the Mighty
Briseide
1972
Film
The Forbidden Decameron
Tessa
1972
Film
Love, Passion and Pleasure
Dinda
1972
Film
Tales of Erotica
Lisa Martini (segment "The Trick")
1973
Film
Hot Nights of the Decameron
Peronella
1972
Film
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
The Prostitute
1972
Film
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
Teresa, moglie di Toni
1977
Film
Arrivano i gatti
attrice del film erotico
1980
Film
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
Viola
1972
Film
3 Avengers
Blonde Girl
1964
Film
To Love Ophelia
Trieste - blonde prostitute
1974
Film
Charlys Nichten
Dominique
1974
Film
The Battle of the Mods
Yasmine
1966
Film
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
Sandy Christian
1972
Film
Close Friends
Elena
1992
Film
Quelli belli... siamo noi
Elisabetta Castrosalvo
1970
Film
The Labyrinth of Sex
Anna
1969
Film
Ridendo e scherzando
Dalia Casali
1978
Film
Devil in the Brain
Caterina
1972
Film
Invasion
Ella
1970
Film
Three Under the Sheets
Rosita, la domestica (segment "Sabatto mattina")
1979
Film
These Mad, Mad Women
Dora ('Pochi ma buoni')
1964
Film
Love Angels
Benedetta
1974
Film
Decameroticus
Wife of Ciacco
1972
Film
L'ingenua
Susy
1975
Film
The Sexbury Tales
Amanda
1973
Film
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
1969
Film
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Jolanda, la Sposa
1974
Film
Lady Dynamite
1973
Snow White
Film
Prey of Vultures
Janet Sullivan
1972
Film
Your Sweet Body to Kill
Elena Sanders
1970
Film
Il nero
1966
Film
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
Doris
1977
Film
Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No!
1974
Film
Psychopath
Manuela, Nyorkos Tochter
1968
Film
The Killer Wore Gloves
Shirley
1974
Film
La sensualità è un attimo di vita
Wife of Franco
1975
Film
L'appuntamento
moglie del collega
1977
Film
Provaci anche tu Lionel
Anna Tredicesimo
1973
Film
Coup D'Etat
Girl with glasses
1969
Film
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
Bastiana
1976
Film
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
1972
Film
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
sorella di Vilma e Vera
1978