Place of Birth:
Bari, Puglia, Italia
Date of Birth:
12/20/1948
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.
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
To Love Ophelia
Prey of Vultures
Two Sons of Ringo
L'ingenua
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Three Under the Sheets
The Sweet Aunts
Under the Sheets
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
Quelli belli... siamo noi
How I Learned to Love Women
Love Angels
Your Sweet Body to Kill
Rene the Cane
Ridendo e scherzando
Love, Passion and Pleasure
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
Hector the Mighty
The Labyrinth of Sex
Una bella governante di colore
Hot Nights of the Decameron
The Family Vice
Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
Close Friends
The Sexbury Tales
La nipote
Decameroticus
Snow White
Tales of Erotica
The Forbidden Decameron
Psychopath
The Sensual Man
L'appuntamento
Queste pazze, pazze donne
La sensualità è un attimo di vita
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
Arrivano i gatti
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
Charlys Nichten
Una macchia rosa
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
Invasion
Coup D'Etat
3 Avengers
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
Devil in the Brain
The Weekend Murders
The Killer Wore Gloves
Il nero
The Battle of the Mods
Provaci anche tu Lionel
Lady Dynamite
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