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