Orchidea De Santis
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5443 |
| Birthday | 1948-12-20 |
| Place of Birth | Bari, Puglia, Italia |
| Also Known As | Orchidea De Sanctis, Orquidea de Santis, |
1972
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
4.5/14
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Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
1974
To Love Ophelia
5.038/13
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To Love Ophelia
1972
Prey of Vultures
7/5
Thanks to his ability, Danny can draw each of the bandits who robbed the stage coach in which he was traveling with his father, who was killed. When h...
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Prey of Vultures
1966
Two Sons of Ringo
6.125/16
Another spoof from the Franco and Ciccio team in which the boys, who are running a scam pretending to be bounty hunters, are 'persuaded' to help a rea...
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Two Sons of Ringo
1975
L'ingenua
4.875/8
A young man somewhat embarrassed and distressed by a rather aggressive girlfriend, a vaudeville actress, and a newly married couple with an odd contra...
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L'ingenua
1974
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
6.182/22
Count Fernando, called Didino, a shy and sexually repressed man, lives under the oedipal authority of countess Mafalda, his bloodsucking and over-cont...
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To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
1978
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
5.833/3
Film in four episodes, inspired by the chronicle of the time: three mature sisters give themselves to a stranger, Maria tries to escape her husband, t...
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Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
1979
Three Under the Sheets
7.667/3
Film in three episodes, entitled Sabato mattina, L'omaggio and No, non è per gelosia, which see as protagonists Andrea, Giorgio and Mr. Sgarbozzi, mar...
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Three Under the Sheets
1975
The Sweet Aunts
5.067/15
An anarchist grandfather has custody of his nephew Free, but three aunts, two of which still handsome, they get the help of a priest and the police. S...
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The Sweet Aunts
1976
Under the Sheets
5/9
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Under the Sheets
1976
San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
5.444/9
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San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women
1970
Quelli belli... siamo noi
5.667/3
Amateur songwriter falls in love with a Sicilian girl, but her father has already promised her to another.
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Quelli belli... siamo noi
1966
How I Learned to Love Women
4.375/9
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How I Learned to Love Women
1974
Love Angels
3/7
They're Italy's notorious "Ladies of the evening" catering to the strange cravings of their kinky, high-paying clients. But suddenly, the girls of the...
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Love Angels
1970
Your Sweet Body to Kill
6.333/12
Tells the story of a husband who wants to kill his unfaithful wife. He has many murderous fantasies in which he murders her. After the disposal of her...
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Your Sweet Body to Kill
1977
Rene the Cane
4.5/8
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Rene the Cane
1978
Ridendo e scherzando
7/2
Four comic episodes based on betrayal. The main characters are a famous professionist that receives a girl as his anniversary present, a wife tired of...
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Ridendo e scherzando
1972
Love, Passion and Pleasure
4.286/7
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Love, Passion and Pleasure
1972
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
6.4/5
In Lazio, four young people named Riccetto, Girasole, Lallo and Tombarolo try to make a living by stealing what they find in the tombs of the rich bur...
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Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
1972
Hector the Mighty
6/3
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Hector the Mighty
1969
The Labyrinth of Sex
3.5/4
Take a trip into The Labyrinth of Sex with an insatiable nymphomaniac, a lovely lesbian and fetishists of every stripe.
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The Labyrinth of Sex
1976
Una bella governante di colore
4.938/8
Nicola Salluzzi is the owner of an insecticide company and his teenage son Simone has the habit of sleeping with his female employees.
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Una bella governante di colore
1972
Hot Nights of the Decameron
4.125/4
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1975
The Family Vice
5.265/17
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The Family Vice
1975
Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
4.083/6
Students from a private girls' school spend a few days at a seaside hotel owned by one of their parents, where hijinks predictably ensue.
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Hurry, the Schoolgirls Are Coming!
1992
Close Friends
5.438/24
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Close Friends
1973
The Sexbury Tales
5/6
Series of tales. The framing story: a group of women are doing their laundry and begin to tell lusty tales.
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The Sexbury Tales
1974
La nipote
5.158/19
The summer vacation of a young beautiful girl, at her uncle's country villa.
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La nipote
1972
Decameroticus
4.944/9
Five episodes :1) A husband has taken the place of the confessor to find out about his wife's betrayals and while he spends the night at the door of t...
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Decameroticus
Snow White
9/1
Adventure and comedy film by Piero Regnoli.
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1973
Tales of Erotica
4.778/9
Four women of Gubbio – Angelica, Violetta, Lisa and Bettina – are conducted before the court by their lovers and husbands.
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Tales of Erotica
1972
The Forbidden Decameron
4.1/5
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The Forbidden Decameron
1968
Psychopath
8.5/2
The hero steals the haul from the thieves, gives it back to the police but charges 10% for his services.
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Psychopath
1973
The Sensual Man
5.923/13
The Catanese baron Paolo Castorini leaves the closed Sicilian environment and moves to Rome where he enters into erotic relationships with women of al...
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The Sensual Man
1977
L'appuntamento
7.5/2
Adelmo Bartelesi has a colleague desired by all, this Adelaide Picchioni. And Adelmo unable to get an appointment with her. But get home Adelaide begi...
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L'appuntamento
1964
These Mad, Mad Women
5/4
Four episodes preceded with a narrator in the role of psychiatrist who tells some cases of female madness.
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1975
La sensualità è un attimo di vita
5.125/4
The two brothers Marcella and Mario live with other young people in a neighboring country from that of their parents. The arrival of a stranger ignite...
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1977
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
5.071/7
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1980
Arrivano i gatti
4.633/15
Four young comedians from Verona ('I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli') go to Rome trying to achieve big success on cinema or TV.
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Arrivano i gatti
1969
Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
10/1
"Remove your legs from the windshield" - Alberto, an engineer over forty years old, on his return from an inspection, a nineteen-year-old Parisian stu...
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Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
1974
Charlys Nichten
3.75/4
Two young men want to get into an all-girls photo studio to see the scads of beautiful young nude women inside, so they decide to pose as women themse...
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1970
Una macchia rosa
9/1
A photographer comes back to Italy after a trip to India and struggles to adjust to his new life.
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1972
Le mille e una notte all'italiana
3/3
Two young friends - one poet, the other a sculptor - have fun conquering the wives of others.
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1970
Invasion
5/2
A professor and his wife suffer humiliation at the hands of an invading college dissidents protest.
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Invasion
1969
Coup D'Etat
8/3
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Coup D'Etat
1964
3 Avengers
6.75/18
Ursus and his sword-wielding companions run head-on against a usurper of a throne.
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3 Avengers
1972
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
6.125/28
An old professor rents a mysterious old villa, and finds a tape recorded by a previous occupant, detailing her debauched lifestyle and the events lead...
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Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods
1972
Devil in the Brain
5.667/12
Oscar is trying to re-establish an affair with Sandra, a disturbed young woman. Having found her husband Fabrizio shot dead and her young son Ricky s...
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Devil in the Brain
1970
The Weekend Murders
5.944/28
An aristocratic English family gather for the reading of their father's will. The family are dismayed to find that everything has been left to Barbar...
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The Weekend Murders
1974
The Killer Wore Gloves
5.167/9
At Heathrow Airport, a man is razored to death in a toilet cubicle. A young woman, Peggy Foster, is concerned about the disappearance of Michael, her...
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The Killer Wore Gloves
1966
Il nero
7.667/3
The events in Naples of a few ‘figli della Madonna’ (Madonna’s sons), young people born between 1945 and 1946 from the relationship between the local...
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Il nero
1966
The Battle of the Mods
8/3
In Liverpool there's a gang war between the Mods (who dress in the latest fashions and styles) and the Rockers (who are more into the '50s "greaser" l...
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The Battle of the Mods
1973
Provaci anche tu Lionel
7/1
Anna Tredicesimo, wife of Luigi Tredicesimo of Santa Ninfa (Trapani), introduces herself to the private investigator Lionel Lionelli and instructs him...
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Provaci anche tu Lionel
1973
Lady Dynamite
6.833/6
Donna Costanza is married to a New Jersey mafia boss. During their 10 year wedding anniversary party he is shot and killed. His dying words to her are...
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Lady Dynamite
1974
Scusi, si potrebbe evitare il servizio militare?... No!
7/1
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1977
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito
8/1
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