Acting
Orchidea De Santis
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
Eurotika!
Series · 1999
Close Friends
Film · 1992
Arrivano i gatti
Film · 1980
Three Under the Sheets
Film · 1979
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Film · 1978
Ridendo e scherzando
Film · 1978
Rene the Cane
Film · 1977
L'appuntamento
Film · 1977
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
Film · 1977
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
Film · 1977
Under the Sheets
Film · 1976
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
Film · 1976
Una bella governante di colore
Film · 1976
L'ingenua
Film · 1975
The Sweet Aunts
Film · 1975
The Family Vice
Film · 1975
Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
Film · 1975
La sensualità è un attimo di vita
Film · 1975
To Love Ophelia
Film · 1974
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Film · 1974
Love Angels
Film · 1974
La nipote
Film · 1974
Charlys Nichten
Film · 1974
The Killer Wore Gloves
Film · 1974
Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No!
Film · 1974
The Sexbury Tales
Film · 1973
Tales of Erotica
Film · 1973
The Sensual Man
Film · 1973
Provaci anche tu Lionel
Film · 1973
Lady Dynamite
Film · 1973
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
Film · 1972
Prey of Vultures
Film · 1972
Love, Passion and Pleasure
Film · 1972
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
Film · 1972
Hector the Mighty
Film · 1972
Hot Nights of the Decameron
Film · 1972
Decameroticus
Film · 1972
The Forbidden Decameron
Film · 1972
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
Film · 1972
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
Film · 1972
Devil in the Brain
Film · 1972
Quelli belli... siamo noi
Film · 1970
Your Sweet Body to Kill
Film · 1970
Una macchia rosa
Film · 1970
Invasion
Film · 1970
The Weekend Murders
Film · 1970
The Labyrinth of Sex
Film · 1969
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
Film · 1969
Coup D'Etat
Film · 1969
Psychopath
Film · 1968
How I Learned to Love Women
Film · 1966
Il nero
Film · 1966
The Battle of the Mods
Film · 1966
These Mad, Mad Women
Film · 1964
3 Avengers
Film · 1964
Snow White
Film