Orchidea De Santis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Birthplace
- Bari, Puglia, Italia
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
- Snow White
Snow White TBA
Actor
Close Friends 1992
as Elena
Arrivano i gatti 1980
as attrice del film erotico
Three Under the Sheets 1979
as Rosita, la domestica (segment "Sabatto mattina")
Ridendo e scherzando 1978
as Dalia Casali
Tanto va la gatta al lardo... 1978
as sorella di Vilma e Vera
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo 1977
as Teresa, moglie di Toni
L'appuntamento 1977
as moglie del collega
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito 1977
as Doris
Rene the Cane 1977
as Kim
Under the Sheets 1976
as Nurse Italia
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women 1976
as Bastiana
Una bella governante di colore 1976
as Santina
The Sweet Aunts 1975
as Farmer
The Family Vice 1975
as Marisa
Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming! 1975
as Nadia
La sensualità è un attimo di vita 1975
as Wife of Franco
L'ingenua 1975
as Susy
Love Angels 1974
as Benedetta
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday 1974
as Jolanda, la Sposa
Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No! 1974
Actor
The Killer Wore Gloves 1974
as Shirley
La nipote 1974
as Doris - The Maid
Charlys Nichten 1974
as Dominique
To Love Ophelia 1974
as Trieste - blonde prostitute
Provaci anche tu Lionel 1973
as Anna Tredicesimo
Tales of Erotica 1973
as Lisa Martini (segment "The Trick")
The Sensual Man 1973
as una prostituta
The Sexbury Tales 1973
as Amanda
Lady Dynamite 1973
Actor
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods 1972
as Viola
Le mille e una notte all'italiana 1972
Actor
Love, Passion and Pleasure 1972
as Dinda
Hot Nights of the Decameron 1972
as Peronella
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard 1972
as Sandy Christian
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do? 1972
as The Prostitute
Prey of Vultures 1972
as Janet Sullivan
Devil in the Brain 1972
as Caterina
The Forbidden Decameron 1972
as Tessa
Hector the Mighty 1972
as Briseide
Decameroticus 1972
as Wife of Ciacco
The Weekend Murders 1970
as Evelyn, the maid
Your Sweet Body to Kill 1970
as Elena Sanders
Quelli belli... siamo noi 1970
as Elisabetta Castrosalvo
Invasion 1970
as Ella
Una macchia rosa 1970
as Nadia
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza 1969
Actor
The Labyrinth of Sex 1969
as Anna
Coup D'Etat 1969
as Girl with glasses
Psychopath 1968
as Manuela, Nyorkos Tochter
How I Learned to Love Women 1966
as Agnes
The Battle of the Mods 1966
as Yasmine
Il nero 1966
Actor
3 Avengers 1964
as Blonde Girl
These Mad, Mad Women 1964
as Dora ('Pochi ma buoni')
Credits from TMDB.