Orchidea De Santis
Actor
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
The Weekend Murders
as Evelyn, the maid 1970
Close Friends
as Elena 1992
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
as Jolanda, la Sposa 1974
La nipote
as Doris - The Maid 1974
3 Avengers
as Blonde Girl 1964
Two Sons of Ringo
as Marisol 1966
The Family Vice
as Marisa 1975
The Sweet Aunts
as Farmer 1975
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
as Sandy Christian 1972
Arrivano i gatti
as attrice del film erotico 1980
To Love Ophelia
as Trieste - blonde prostitute 1974
Your Sweet Body to Kill
as Elena Sanders 1970
The Sensual Man
as una prostituta 1973
Devil in the Brain
as Caterina 1972
Under the Sheets
as Nurse Italia 1976
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
as Bastiana 1976