Maggie Calloway

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title: "Maggie Calloway" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1910-births", "2000-deaths", "place-of-birth-missing", "20th-century-filipino-actresses", "filipino-silent-film-actresses", "filipino-emigrants-to-the-united-states", "filipino-people-of-african-american-descent", "filipino-film-actresses"] description: "Filipina-born film actress (1911–2000)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Calloway" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Filipina-born film actress (1911–2000) ::

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Field	Value
name	Maggie Calloway
image	Maggie Calloway.jpg
birth_name	Magdalena Calloway
birth_place	Phiilipines
birth_date	January 1, 1911
death_place	United States
death_date	April 30, 2000 (aged 89)
occupation	Actress
years_active	1928-?
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| name = Maggie Calloway | image = Maggie Calloway.jpg | birth_name = Magdalena Calloway | birth_place = Phiilipines | birth_date = January 1, 1911 | death_place = United States | death_date = April 30, 2000 (aged 89) | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1928-? 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.

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. A vaudeville performer, 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. 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, Singapore and Shanghai, with her husband’s band. She moved to the United States, where she was still dancing in the 1970s. Calloway died on 30 April 2000 at the age of 89; her death notice is given under her married name of Magdalena Calloway Morgan.

Filmography

• 1928 – Sampaguita
• 1932 – Pugad ng Pag-ibig
• 1932 - Ulong Inasnan

References

References

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4. (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.
5. "Imperialist Paranoia and Military Injustice: The Persecution and Redemption of Sergeant Calloway".
6. (1998). "Compendium of the humanities of the Philippines: musical arts". National Research Council of the Philippines.
7. (1928). "Sampaguita". Philippine Education Company.
8. (28 September 1928). "THE CITY OPERA Philippine Company Still Strong Drawing Card". Malaya Tribune.
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11. (2 August 1940). "Sea View Hotel Tonight". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser.
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13. (27 September 1928). "IMPRESSIONS OF SINGAPORE What a Vaudeville Star Thinks Of Our City". Malaya Tribune.
14. (2 May 2000). "Death Notices". The San Francisco Examiner.

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