Magdalena Calloway (1910 – 30 April 2000), known professionally as Maggie Calloway, was a Filipina-born actress of the silent film/early sound films eras in the late 1920s and early 1930s.[1][2][3][4]
She was one of fourteen children of John W. Calloway, an African-American former soldier in the United States Army, and his Filipina wife Mamerta de la Rosa.[5] A vaudeville performer,[6] she starred in silent films in the Philippines and made her screen debut in Jose Nepomuceno's film as a sampaguita vendor in the 1928 silent film Sampaguita.[7] In 1932, she made two films, a silent film, Pugad ng Pag-ibig (Nest of Love) and the horror film, Ulong Inasnan (Salted-Head).
As well as appearing in vaudeville in Manila, Calloway also performed in Penang, Malaysia,[8][9][10] Singapore[11][12][13] and Shanghai, with her husband’s band.[5] She moved to the United States, where she was still dancing in the 1970s.[5] Calloway died on 30 April 2000 at the age of 89; her death notice is given under her married name of Magdalena Calloway Morgan.[14]
^Sotto, Agustin (1992). Pelikula: An Essay on the Philippine Film, 1897-1960. Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas. pp. 9, 16.
^Salumbides, Vicente (1952). Motion Pictures in the Philippines. p. 71.
^Guerrero, Rafael Ma (1983). Readings in Philippine Cinema. Experimental Cinema of the Philippines. p. 36.
^Hanan, David, ed. (2001). Film in South East Asia: Views from the Region : Essays on Film in Ten South East Asia-Pacific Countries. South East Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association. p. 39.