Biography
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
all 58
Movies 57
self 2
TV Shows 1

Arrivano i gatti (1980)

Three Under the Sheets (1979)

Ridendo e scherzando (1978)

Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977)

L'appuntamento (1977)

Under the Sheets (1976)

La sensualità è un attimo di vita (1975)

Love Angels (1974)

To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday (1974)

La nipote (1974)

Charlys Nichten (1974)

To Love Ophelia (1974)

Provaci anche tu Lionel (1973)

Tales of Erotica (1973)

The Sensual Man (1973)

Seven Murders for Scotland Yard (1972)

Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do? (1972)

Prey of Vultures (1972)

Devil in the Brain (1972)

Hector the Mighty (1972)

Decameroticus (1972)

The Weekend Murders (1970)

Your Sweet Body to Kill (1970)

Quelli belli... siamo noi (1970)

Coup D'Etat (1969)

Psychopath (1968)

3 Avengers (1964)

Queste pazze, pazze donne (1964)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1948-12-20 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceBari, Italy
CitizenshipsItaly
Also Known AsOrchidea De Sanctis, Orquidea de Santis
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