Orchidea De Santis
Born December 20, 1948 (Age: 77)
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Bari, Puglia, Italia
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.
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.
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Filmography
Close Friends
1992
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as Elena
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Age: 43
Arrivano i gatti
1980
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as attrice del film erotico
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Age: 31
Ridendo e scherzando
1978
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as Dalia Casali
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Age: 29
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978
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as sorella di Vilma e Vera
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Age: 29
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
1977
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as Doris
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Age: 28
Love Angels
1974
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as Benedetta
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Age: 25
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
1974
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as Jolanda, la Sposa
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Age: 25
Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No!
1974
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as
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Age: 25
The Killer Wore Gloves
1974
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as Shirley
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Age: 25
La nipote
1974
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as Doris - The Maid
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Age: 25
Charlys Nichten
1974
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as Dominique
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Age: 25
To Love Ophelia
1974
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as Trieste - blonde prostitute
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Age: 25
Provaci anche tu Lionel
1973
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as Anna Tredicesimo
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Age: 24
Tales of Erotica
1973
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as Lisa Martini (segment "The Trick")
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Age: 24
The Sensual Man
1973
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as una prostituta
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Age: 24
The Sexbury Tales
1973
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as Amanda
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Age: 24
Lady Dynamite
1973
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as
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Age: 24
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
1972
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as Viola
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Age: 23
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
1972
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as
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Age: 23
Love, Passion and Pleasure
1972
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as Dinda
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Age: 23
Hot Nights of the Decameron
1972
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as Peronella
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Age: 23
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
1972
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as The Prostitute
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Age: 23
Prey of Vultures
1972
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as Janet Sullivan
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Age: 23
Devil in the Brain
1972
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as Caterina
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Age: 23
The Forbidden Decameron
1972
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as Tessa
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Age: 23
Hector the Mighty
1972
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as Briseide
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Age: 23
Decameroticus
1972
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as Wife of Ciacco
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Age: 23
Invasion
1970
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as Ella
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Age: 21
Una macchia rosa
1970
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as Nadia
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Age: 21
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
1969
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as
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Age: 20
The Labyrinth of Sex
1969
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as Anna
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Age: 20
Coup D'Etat
1969
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as Girl with glasses
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Age: 20
3 Avengers
1964
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as Blonde Girl
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Age: 15
These Mad, Mad Women
1964
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as Dora ('Pochi ma buoni')
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Age: 15