
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.
Acting (55 movies)

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
1972

To Love Ophelia
1974

Prey of Vultures
1972

Two Sons of Ringo
1966

L'ingenua
1975

To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
1974

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978

Three Under the Sheets
1979

The Sweet Aunts
1975

Under the Sheets
1976

San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
1976

Quelli belli... siamo noi
1970

How I Learned to Love Women
1966

Love Angels
1974

Your Sweet Body to Kill
1970

Rene the Cane
1977

Ridendo e scherzando
1978

Love, Passion and Pleasure
1972

Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
1972

Hector the Mighty
1972

The Labyrinth of Sex
1969

Una bella governante di colore
1976

Hot Nights of the Decameron
1972

The Family Vice
1975

Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
1975

Close Friends
1992

The Sexbury Tales
1973

La nipote
1974

Decameroticus
1972

Tales of Erotica
1973

The Forbidden Decameron
1972

Psychopath
1968

The Sensual Man
1973

L'appuntamento
1977

These Mad, Mad Women
1964

La sensualità è un attimo di vita
1975

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
1977

Arrivano i gatti
1980

Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
1969

Charlys Nichten
1974

Una macchia rosa
1970

Le mille e una notte all'italiana
1972

Invasion
1970

Coup D'Etat
1969

3 Avengers
1964

Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
1972

Devil in the Brain
1972

The Weekend Murders
1970

The Killer Wore Gloves
1974

Il nero
1966

The Battle of the Mods
1966

Lady Dynamite
1973

Provaci anche tu Lionel
1973

Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No!
1974

Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
1977
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