Acting
Dec 19, 1948
Bari, Puglia, Italia
Orchidea De Santis
Acting
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.
Feature Films (55)
Several murders have taken place in London. All the victims are prostitutes and the murderer is using the same techniques as Jack the Ripper. Peter Dockerman, an ex-acrobat and husband of one of the victims is the prime suspect. But whoever the killer is has cannibalistic tendencies and if Scotland Yard doesn't solve the murders quickly the evidence just might be eaten!
Seven Murders for Scotland Yard
Although he is in his thirties, Orlando still feels like a child. He is terrified of the outside world and is stuck in an obsessive relationship with his mother.
To Love Ophelia
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 he arrives to the next town he looks for a job helped by the sheriffs` daughter. In the bulletin board there are some posters of people and they offer a dollar reward for providing information about them. After many obstacles, each of the components of the band gradually disappears. Danny believes that only fits the sheriff, but he is in love with his daughter.
Prey of Vultures
A young man somewhat embarrassed and distressed by a rather aggressive girlfriend, a vaudeville actress, and a newly married couple with an odd contract: all become involved, whether they intended to or not, in a scam involving a villa.
L'ingenua
Count Fernando, called Didino, a shy and sexually repressed man, lives under the oedipal authority of countess Mafalda, his bloodsucking and over-controlling mother, until their family hires a new young maid that changes his life.
To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday
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, two Bolognese spouses quarrel and do not realize that the civil war has broken out, a Neapolitan fan scandalizes a first class compartment ..
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Film in three episodes, entitled Sabato mattina, L'omaggio and No, non è per gelosia, which see as protagonists Andrea, Giorgio and Mr. Sgarbozzi, married men who cheat on their respective wives for escapades and one-night stands.
Three Under the Sheets
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. So take possession of the child and cover it with lust
The Sweet Aunts
Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a thriving confidential, female doctor.
Under the Sheets
Amateur songwriter falls in love with a Sicilian girl, but her father has already promised her to another.
Quelli belli... siamo noi
Television & Series (1)
Eurotika is a Channel 4 documentary film on European exploitation cinema. The documentary is similarly themed to Pete Tombs's book Immoral Tales: European Sex and Horror Movies 1956-1984. During the 1960s and 1970s, European low-budget films went kinky, emerging as a new type of cinema that blended eroticism, surrealism, horror, and over-the-top atmospherics.