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.
Acted in 54
1990s
- 1992
Close Friends
Elena
1980s
- 1980
Arrivano i gatti
attrice del film erotico
1970s
- 1979
Three Under the Sheets
Rosita, la domestica (segment "Sabatto mattina")
- 1978
Ridendo e scherzando
Dalia Casali
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
sorella di Vilma e Vera
- 1977
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
Teresa, moglie di Toni
L'appuntamento
moglie del collega
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
Doris
Rene the Cane
Kim
- 1976
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
Bastiana
- 1975
The Sweet Aunts
Farmer
The Family Vice
Marisa
Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
Nadia
La sensualità è un attimo di vita
Wife of Franco
L'ingenua
Susy
- 1974
Love Angels
Benedetta
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Jolanda, la Sposa
Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No!
Movie
The Killer Wore Gloves
Shirley
La nipote
Doris - The Maid
Charlys Nichten
Dominique
To Love Ophelia
Trieste - blonde prostitute
- 1973
Provaci anche tu Lionel
Anna Tredicesimo
The Sensual Man
una prostituta
The Sexbury Tales
Amanda
Lady Dynamite
Movie
- 1972
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
Viola
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
Movie
Love, Passion and Pleasure
Dinda
Hot Nights of the Decameron
Peronella
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
Sandy Christian
Prey of Vultures
Janet Sullivan
Devil in the Brain
Caterina
The Forbidden Decameron
Tessa
Hector the Mighty
Briseide
Decameroticus
Wife of Ciacco
- 1970
The Weekend Murders
Evelyn, the maid
Your Sweet Body to Kill
Elena Sanders
Quelli belli... siamo noi
Elisabetta Castrosalvo
Invasion
Ella
Una macchia rosa
Nadia
1960s
- 1969
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
Movie
The Labyrinth of Sex
Anna
Coup D'Etat
Girl with glasses
- 1968
Psychopath
Manuela, Nyorkos Tochter
- 1966
The Battle of the Mods
Yasmine
Il nero
Movie
- 1964
3 Avengers
Blonde Girl
These Mad, Mad Women
Dora ('Pochi ma buoni')
Appearances1
1990s
- 1999
Eurotika!
Self · 3 episodes