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.
Acting
Movie
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
as Viola
1972
Movie
The Weekend Murders
as Evelyn, the maid
1970
Movie
Close Friends
as Elena
1992
Movie
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
as Jolanda, la Sposa
1974
Movie
La nipote
as Doris - The Maid
1974
Movie
3 Avengers
as Blonde Girl
1964
Movie
The Family Vice
as Marisa
1975
Movie
Two Sons of Ringo
as Marisol
1966
Movie
The Sweet Aunts
as Farmer
1975
Movie
Arrivano i gatti
as attrice del film erotico
1980
Movie
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
as Sandy Christian
1972
Movie
To Love Ophelia
as Trieste - blonde prostitute
1974
Movie
The Sensual Man
as una prostituta
1973
Movie
Your Sweet Body to Kill
as Elena Sanders
1970
Movie
Devil in the Brain
as Caterina
1972
Movie
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
as Bastiana
1976
Movie
Under the Sheets
as Nurse Italia
1976
Movie
How I Learned to Love Women
as Agnes
1966
Movie
Decameroticus
as Wife of Ciacco
1972
Movie
Tales of Erotica
as Lisa Martini (segment "The Trick")
1973
Movie
The Killer Wore Gloves
as Shirley
1974
Movie
L'ingenua
as Susy
1975
Movie
Rene the Cane
as Kim
1977
Movie
Una bella governante di colore
as Santina
1976