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.
55 movies · 1 shows
Close Friends
1992·5.4
Arrivano i gatti
1980·4.6
Three Under the Sheets
1979·7.7
Ridendo e scherzando
1978·7.0
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978·5.8
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
1977·5.1
L'appuntamento
1977·7.5
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
1977·8.0
Rene the Cane
1977·4.5
Under the Sheets
1976·5.0
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
1976·5.9
Una bella governante di colore
1976·4.9
The Sweet Aunts
1975·5.1
The Family Vice
1975·5.3
Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
1975·4.1
La sensualità è un attimo di vita
1975·5.1
L'ingenua
1975·4.9
Love Angels
1974·3.0
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
1974·6.2
Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No!
1974·7.0
The Killer Wore Gloves
1974·5.2
La nipote
1974·5.2
Charlys Nichten
1974·3.8
To Love Ophelia
1974·5.0
Provaci anche tu Lionel
1973·7.0
Tales of Erotica
1973·4.8
The Sensual Man
1973·5.9
The Sexbury Tales
1973·5.0
Lady Dynamite
1973·6.8
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
1972·6.1
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
1972·3.0
Love, Passion and Pleasure
1972·4.3
Hot Nights of the Decameron
1972·4.1
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
1972·4.5
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
1972·6.4
Prey of Vultures
1972·7.0
Devil in the Brain
1972·5.7
The Forbidden Decameron
1972·4.1
Hector the Mighty
1972·6.0
Decameroticus
1972·4.9
The Weekend Murders
1970·6.1
Your Sweet Body to Kill
1970·6.3
Quelli belli... siamo noi
1970·5.7
Invasion
1970·5.0
Una macchia rosa
1970·9.0
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
1969·10.0
The Labyrinth of Sex
1969·3.5
Coup D'Etat
1969·7.8
Psychopath
1968·8.5
Two Sons of Ringo
1966·6.1
How I Learned to Love Women
1966·4.8
The Battle of the Mods
1966·8.0
Il nero
1966·7.7
3 Avengers
1964·6.8
These Mad, Mad Women
1964·5.0