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Emma Heming Willis was born on 18 June 1978 in Malta. She is an actress and producer, known for RED 2 (2013), Perfect Stranger (2007) and The Comebacks (2007). She has been married to Bruce Willis since 27 March 2009. They have two children.- Marama Corlett was born in Valletta, Malta. She is known for Maleficent (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and The Devil's Double (2011).
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His full name was Joseph Alexander Caesar Herstall Vincent Calleja - but he was better known as Joseph or Joe Calleia, one of Hollywood's most recognized bad guys. But Calleia's roots and talents ran much deeper than character actor. He was Maltese, born on that barren but historically important island of Malta between Italy and Africa in the Mediterranean. The Maltese culture was a crossroads of peoples (partially Arabic) but as intrepid fisherman, navigators, and warriors-as they proved to the 16th century Turks - it was a proud one. But it could not hold Calleia, who, blessed with a good singing voice and a talent for composing, joined a harmonica band that left for the Continent in 1914. This was a Europe feeling the initial blows of World War I, and Calleia's band toured the length and breadth of it in music halls and cafes. He went to Paris and eventually came to London to perform some concert singing engagements. And from there the lure of the New World brought him to New York by 1926.
It was a natural enough transition for a talented singing performer to acting. Calleia did his first play on Broadway in an original drama suitably called "Broadway" for a long run from late 1926 early 1928. This was the first of seven plays he did into early 1935. He took a double role as actor and stage manager for the 1930-31 run of "Grand Hotel". He received good reviews (once called him a "bright light" on Broadway) and later recalled that his treading the boards were his best years as an actor. By 1931 he had yet another course to steer. Hollywood had noticed him, for his constrained intensity as an actor was matched by a singular visage - heavy-lidded eyes and dark features that gave him a disquieting and menacing appearance. Yet the sometime telltale lilt in his voice betrayed the fine singer. He had just enough accent to make him Latin or Greek or Middle Eastern - or indigenous sorts. Of course, his look meant early heavy roles as he went under contract to MGM, doing his first two films in that year of 1931.
By 1935 his looks landed him the role of Sonny Black, a mob boss with many facets, and with a characteristic clenched-teeth delivery, Calleia acquitted himself in fine fashion. Through the 1930s he was pretty much typed-cast as a mobster-with variations. Always with the lean and hungry look, he was a club owner in After the Thin Man (1936) and played a government cop in the atmospheric Algiers (1938). He even had time to help write a screenplay for the film Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) with veteran Warner Baxter. Calleia ended the decade with roles at opposite ends of the character acting spectrum-somewhat center stage as a priest in the sometimes heavy-handed Full Confession (1939) and most memorable as Vasquez, the brought-to-justice criminal on the ill-fated DC-3 that crash lands in headhunter-infested Amazon highlands in Five Came Back (1939). This is a classic adventure drama -- remade with Rod Steiger -- with a great supporting cast that included everyone's favorite wisecracking redhead, Lucille Ball.
Into the 1940s, Calleia was cast in more ethnic roles - particularly as Hispanics of various sorts. But his roles were memorable nonetheless, as El Sordo in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and Rodriguez in The Cross of Lorraine (1943). But two roles stand out. His Buldeo in the Alexander Korda classic production of The Jungle Book (1942) was a personal favorite, a double role, as trouble-making villager and the selfsame man now old and wise telling the story to the village children as narrator. The makeup is so good-and Calleia enjoyed character makeup-that most viewers are surprised when the old man reveals his identity. More mainstream Hollywood was his intriguing role as Detective Obregon in Gilda (1946). He's the good guy-right? - but he comes off so sly with his sidelong looks and the way he bates the principals - Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth - that you just don't know. In the end he has the task, like the chorus in a Shakespearean play, to explain and summarize-perhaps not the best means of getting to the point - but that was the director's choice. His secondary parts receded a bit into the later 1940s and further into the 1950s with Calleia typed to retrace former roles but giving them new nuance just the same. He has little more than a cameo as Indian chief Cuyloga-Native American chiefs being the lot of no few elder actors in 1950s Hollywood - in the otherwise worthwhile Disney adaptation of The Light in the Forest (1958). Calleia ventured into the TV briefly about that time.
But also from that year was another of his favorite roles. Without doubt Touch of Evil (1958) is one of the strangest of Orson Welles later efforts as director/star. It borders on the uneven but is so off-the-wall that one cannot help watching and thoroughly enjoying all the antics of Welles still brilliant film techniques: shadow and light, wild camera angles, gringos playing Mexicans-Charlton Heston is a wow and stained darker than necessary-and over-the-top performances with veteran dramatis personae like Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff, Calleia, of course, and Welles himself looking like a police captain from skid row and using that funny character voice of his that pops up in his films as an aside. Calleia, with white hair, is tired old cop Sergeant Menzies, long associate of Welles' seedy character. Doing what he has always done, covering up and running interference, in the end Menzies has to face the truth about his crooked captain. Calleia enjoyed the role as going so against his usual type - showing a man harried by his past and haunted by dirty secrets - vulnerable - and very human. It's a great part.
By 1963 Calleia walked away - or, that is - sailed away from Hollywood. He returned to his native Malta for a well deserved retirement. The Maltese had followed the career of their native son, and he had made several visits during his film career. Not surprisingly his biggest fan club was right at home. He was a kind and generous man and very appreciative of his fans wherever they were - quick to read all their letters and quick to send autographed pictures. It was strictly tongue-in-cheek when he supposedly quipped: "Everyone recognizes my face, but no one knows my name." After his passing, the government of the island state of Malta issued two commemorative stamps (1997) to honor him. A bust was erected before the house in which he was born as a further memorial to this Maltese VIP who had made good.- Actor
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A veteran of stage, screen, radio and TV, character actor Nigel Stock was born in Malta in 1919, the son of Captain W.H. Stock, RE, and his wife Margaret Marion Munro. In British India from childhood, he and his sister Angela returned to the UK in his early teens for schooling. Nigel was educated at St. Paul's School and studied for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he earned the Leverhulme Exhibition, Northcliffe Scholarship, and the Principal's Medal.
Stock made his debut stage appearance at the Savoy Theatre in 1931, at the age of 12, in a production of "The Traveller in the Dark". He continued to rack up a number of classical and contemporary credits at various distinguished theaters, including the Old Vic, with productions of "The Winter's Tale", "Macbeth" (playing Macduff), "Tobacco Road" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips". Stock interrupted his thriving career by serving in the Army from 1939 to 1941 with the London Irish Rifles, and with the Assam Regiment, Indian Army between 1941 and 1945 in Burma, China and Kohima. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Major. He returned to the stage in 1946 with "And No Birds Sing" and made his first appearance on the New York stage as "Philip" in "You Never Can Tell" in 1948. A reliable player who lent distinction to every aspect of the theatrical repertoire, from William Shakespeare through Anton Chekhov to modern farce, he impressed in "She Stoops to Conquer", "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial", "Altona", "Uncle Vanya" and "Sleuth", among others.
An imposing, often bearded presence, he started off in films as a teenager in Lancashire Luck (1937), later appearing in such popular British releases as Brighton Rock (1948), The Dam Busters (1955), Damn the Defiant! (1962), The Lost Continent (1968), The Lion in Winter (1968), Cromwell (1970) and Russian Roulette (1975), often appearing in villainous roles. Interestingly, one of his last performances was a character part in the Steven Spielberg production of Young Sherlock Holmes (1985). Between 1964-1968, Stock made a household name for himself playing Dr. Watson" in Sherlock Holmes (1964).
Stock had a devout interest in ornithology. His third wife was actress Richenda Carey. They appeared together on stage in the world premiere of "Mumbo Jumbo" from May 8-May 31, 1986. Less than a month later, Stock died on June 23rd of a heart attack. He was survived by four children.- Harry Holcombe was born on 11 November 1906 in Malta, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fortune Cookie (1966), Foxy Brown (1974) and Empire of the Ants (1977). He was married to Betty Nielsen. He died on 15 September 1987 in Valencia, California, USA.
- Terry Camilleri was born on 7 November 1949 in Malta. He is an actor, known for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), The Truman Show (1998) and Knowing (2009).
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Jon Cassar was born on 27 April 1958 in Malta. He is a producer and director, known for 24 (2001), Forsaken (2015) and When the Bough Breaks (2016).- Strikingly busty, adorable and voluptuous brunette knockout Mary Collinson was born on July 22, 1952 in Malta. She's the identical twin sister of Madeleine Collinson. The Collinson twins arrived in Britain in April, 1969. Noted British glamour photographer Harrison Marks cast the duo as saucy maids in his 8mm short "Halfway Inn." Mary and Madeleine were the Playmates of the Month in the October, 1970 issue of "Playboy;" they have the distinction of being the first pair of identical twins to pose for a nude pictorial in "Playboy." The Collinson sisters went on to act in a handful of movies together; they were especially effective and memorable as the titular radically contrasting siblings in the typically fine Hammer vampire horror outing "Twins of Evil." .
- Strikingly busty, adorable, and voluptuous brunette knockout Madeleine Collinson was born on July 22, 1952 in Malta. She's the identical twin sister of Mary Collinson. The Collinson sisters first arrived in Britain in April, 1969. Noted British glamor photographer Harrison Marks cast the duo as saucy maids in his 8mm short "Halfway Inn." Mary and Madeleine were the Playmates of the Month in the October, 1970 issue of "Playboy;" they have the distinction of being the first pair of identical twin sisters to do a nude pictorial for "Playboy." The Collinson sisters acted in a handful of movies together; they were especially effective and memorable as the titular radically contrasting siblings in the typically fine Hammer vampire horror outing "Twins of Evil." Madeleine lived in Malta with her husband and three children. She died at age 62 on August 14, 2014.
- Angelo Muscat was born on 24 September 1930 in Malta. He was an actor, known for The Prisoner (1967) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on 10 October 1977 in England, UK.
- Andrei Claude was born in Malta. He is an actor, known for Game of Thrones (2011) and Vikings (2013).
Andrei worked as a fitness model in the United States for a number of years before finding himself posing for romance novel book covers in New York. During his time there he acquired an interest in acting. He began attending technique and improvisation classes, and the following year relocated to London. - She was born Patricia Wilmshurst on the island of Malta and grew up in London. A honey blonde, green-eyed beauty, she won a scholarship to RADA at 17. Graduating two years later, she debuted in Mario Zampi's comedy Laughter in Paradise (1951), alongside fellow screen newcomer Audrey Hepburn. Zampi saw her as a significant potential talent and this undoubtedly led to Veronica being signed to a seven year contract by Associated British Pictures at Elstree Studios at the (then princely) salary of £2500 a year. Her first notable movie credit was playing second fiddle to Dulcie Gray in the stiff-upper-lip war picture Angels One Five (1952), starring Jack Hawkins and John Gregson as fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain. She was then flown to Hollywood to star opposite Richard Carlson in The Maze (1953), a 3-D gothic horror thriller set in a Scottish castle. Directed and designed by the renowned William Cameron Menzies, it opened to mixed reviews but has since gained a cult following. Veronica made a second appearance for Allied Artists in the wartime adventure yarn The Royal African Rifles (1953), co-starring Louis Hayward.
Her leading lady status now confirmed, Veronica returned to Britain to provide svelte elegance and glamour for several lightweight B-grade comedies (Will Any Gentleman...? (1953), Don't Blame the Stork (1954)), and -- often as flirtatious girls -- in florid crime dramas (The Girl on the Pier (1953), Game of Danger (1954), The Gilded Cage (1955), Dead Man's Evidence (1962)). She had segued into television by the middle of the decade, guest-starring in popular serials like Man in a Suitcase (1967), The Baron (1966) and The Persuaders! (1971). Though perhaps unable to live up to the early hype accorded her, Veronica nonetheless managed to carve out a solid acting career which ended with her retirement in 1975.
In private life, she was said to have enjoyed writing poetry, watercolour painting, gardening and collecting antique furniture. She was initially married to the actor William Sylvester whom she first met on the Elstree studio set during the filming of The Yellow Balloon (1953). This union ended in divorce. Her second husband was the television producer and director Ian Fordyce who predeceased her in 1988. - Extremely prolific and ubiquitous British background player Victor James Harrington was born on August 27, 1909 in Casal Paola, Malta. Harrington first began appearing in movies in uncredited minor roles in the mid-1930's. One of the most busy and tireless of British bit players, Victor could be frequently spotted in countless films and TV shows as a patron in a pub, nightclub, casino, or restaurant, a party guest, a military officer, a spectator at a sporting event, or an audience member at a play or concert. His daughter Victoria Harrington was also an actress. Harrington died at age 70 on July 23, 1980 in Brighton, East Essex, England.
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Born on the island of Malta and raised in Toronto, Anthony J. Mifsud or 'Mif' as he has become professionally known internationally, is a genuine renaissance man whose multi-faceted talents are as evident as his various achievements.
Mif's first claim to fame came as the dynamic front man and award -winning vocalist for the internationally renowned Canadian musical group and recording artists, Slash Puppet (1989-1995). As an integral member of the popular rock band he was able to hone his skills and confidence as a performer, enabling him to become an accomplished and legitimate force on the Canadian music scene. Mif released two records internationally with Slash Puppet, the self-titled 'Slash Puppet' in 1993 on Fringe Records and more recently a 2007 re-issue of the band's critically acclaimed 1989 independent release ("The Demo") entitled 'No Strings Attached' through Sun City Records that garnered accolades on several hard rock and heavy metal fanzines worldwide making it to #7 on Sleaze Roxx's "Top 10 Best" releases of 2007. Other accomplishments with the band include awards for Best Toronto Club Band at the 1990 Toronto Music Awards and Best Independent Video for their hit single "When The Whip Comes Down" at the 1993 Los Angeles Area Music Awards.
A well rounded and truly versatile entertainer, Mif is also an accomplished actor (1995-present) who has appeared both nationally and internationally in numerous film and television productions. Cast alongside some of the biggest names in show business, his movie credits include such films as 'Just Business' (Gina Gershon), 'Foolproof' (Ryan Reynolds), 'Eye See You' (Sylvester Stallone), 'Detention' (Dolph Lundgren), 'Gossip' (Kate Hudson) and 'Dirty Work' (Norm MacDonald).
On television, Mif is being featured in the recurring character of the 'Greek Delivery Man' in the third and final season of the Netflix Original Series 'Hemlock Grove'. Entitled "The Final Chapter" the American horror thriller began streaming worldwide on October 23, 2015. He also continues to be featured in the recurring role of 'Dr. Necros' on the hit Disney T.V. show 'Aaron Stone' that debuted to record ratings on Friday the 13th of February, 2009 as the flagship show for the then newly branded international network Disney XD. On the strength of its ratings the live-action adventure series was picked up for a second season which began shooting in 2009 and aired in the fall of 2010.
Other notable guest starring appearances and episodic roles on prime time television include popular shows such as 'Warehouse 13', 'Queer As Folk', 'This Is Wonderland', 'John Woo's Once A Thief', 'Due South', 'Psi Factor', 'FX: The Series', 'Kung Fu: The Legend Continues' and 'Relic Hunter'. He also possesses several commercial credits, as well as several made for television films and movie of the week credits, both here in Canada and the United States.
Furthermore, as an experienced voice artist and broadcaster, his voice has been heard on several radio and television programs as well as several commercial spots across North America, pitching products for such sponsors as Bell, Hewlett Packard, Sony, Ford, General Motors, Canada Post, Molson's and Kellogg. While writing and editorial credits include several local sport publications, as well as such national magazines as Fresh, Canadian Musician, M.E.A.T. Magazine, Inside Soccer and The Soccer News.- Stella Paris is an actress, singer songwriter, vegan activist, model and philanthropist. Stella was born in Malta and is multilingual. In 2014, Stella moved to London to pursue her career in entertainment. She played the main lead role as Mia in British horror film, Psycho Sex Dolls in 2023. Stella made her acting debut in Hollywood based TV series, The Undead (2016-), directed by Juliet Landau and Deverill Weekes. In 2017 she filmed the role of Nadiya, a Ukrainian secretary to the ambassador, in Vienna-based movie City of Spies (2017), directed by Philip Moran. Stella has also had speaking roles in other British movies, including playing the role of Krystal in Mosaic and Svetlana in Red Army Hooligans. Stella Paris is also a singer songwriter and has released three songs with music videos so far, including Electrifying, Summer Moonlight and Parties Banging.
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Joseph Vassallo, is the firstborn of four children. At the tender age of 13, upon visiting his father on the set of The Midnight Express, where the elder Vassallo was working as an extra, Joseph became interested in acting. This led to him enrolling at the prestigious Teatro Manoel. Upon his departure from college, Joseph worked in a 5 Star Hotel for a brief while then left the country to go live in Switzerland, Paris, London, New York, and Los Angeles. Vassallo cruised around the world on-board Cunard luxurious liner QE2, where he worked as a Chef De Rang. Joseph is multi-lingual and is fluent in English, Italian, Maltese and conversant in Swiss German and Spanish.
In the 1980s, Vassallo moved to New York City to pursue taking acting classes and the theater. In 1987/88, Vassallo settled in Los Angeles and continued to pursue an acting career. There, he trained at the Stella Adler Academy and the Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Studio. Joseph landed a spot at The Actors Studio in Hollywood as an observer under the supervision of the legendary Shelley Winters. Between New York and Los Angeles, Vassallo appeared in about eighteen stage plays, including A Hatful of Rain, A View from the Bridge, She Stoops to Conquer, and Othello. In the early 1990s, Vassallo appeared for the first time on television in a commercial for the cruise line Royal Caribbean.
Since then, Vassallo has appeared in over 100 national television commercials, two of which, for Twix, won the Gold Award at the New York Film Festival and embarked on a Six-Year Campaign, for the brand, "Romano Macaroni Grill". In 1994, Vassallo appeared in the movie "Blankman", with terrific director Mike Binder and opposite hilarious Damon Wayans, Jason Alexander and Jon Pulito. This was followed by roles in "The 4th Tenor" opposite the funny Rodney Dangerfield, "Just Married" with great director Shawn Levy, opposite Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy, and the drama feature "My Brother Jack". In 2004, Vassallo re-teamed with Damon Wayans for "Behind the Smile" were Joseph played opposite, Marlon Wayans. In 2009, Joseph worked with director Rick Famuyiwa and co-starred opposite Academy Award Winner Forest Whitaker and comedian Carlos Mancia in the comedy motion picture, "Our Family Wedding". Vassallo's television credits include guest appearances on Award-Winning Shows such as "Diagnosis Murder", "The West Wing", "Alias", "Damon", and recurring guest roles on "My Wife and Kids".
In 2005 he was hired to work as a writing consultant on the ABC hit television series "My Wife and Kids". From 2007-2009 Vassallo graduated Film School in Los Angeles and in addition worked as Vice President at "Way Out TV" a TV and Film Production Studio, alongside Studio President and CEO, Damon Wayans in Santa Monica California where Vassallo also Wrote, Produced and Directed multiple projects. The experience gave Joseph a better understanding of how the entire film making process works. Thereafter, Joseph dabbled in technology and worked as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at AKABE5, a utility and game applications curator, in Santa Monica, California.
Joseph can be seen on several films and TV shows in the US and around the world and premiering on April 7th, 2017 Joseph Vassallo is proud to portray the legendary race car driver and Ferrari creator, "ENZO FERRARI" at the Ferrari Land, in PortAventura World, Barcellona - Spain.
Recently, Joseph had the opportunity to work as a recurring Guest Star on a mini-series for Netflix and continues to work on a slate of Feature Films and Television projects in development.- Actress
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Valerie Buhagiar was born on 12 May 1963 in Mosta, Malta. She is an actress and director, known for The Passion of Rita Camilleri (1993), Carmen (2022) and Expecting (2002).- Director
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Mario Azzopardi was born in 1950 in Malta. He is a director and writer, known for ZOS: Zone of Separation (2009), Habbilni Ha Nirbah (2018) and RoboCop (1994).- Sarah Doukas was born in Malta.
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Alison Dowling was born in 1960 in Malta. She is an actress, known for The Sea Beast (2022), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Tommy (1975).- Roberta Angelica was born in Malta. She is known for The Boondock Saints (1999), Cypher (2002) and Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008).
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Rudy Doucette was born on 29 March 1923 in Malta, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Gremlins (1984), The Love Bug (1969) and F Troop (1965). He died on 29 March 2021 in Salem, Oregon, USA.- Michela Caruana was born on 17 October 2010 in Malta. She is an actress, known for War Sailor (2022), War Sailor (2023) and Band of Spies (2024).
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Sarah Harrison is a British singer,Songwriter/Producer. She studied at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London. During the five years at the Sylvia Young Theatre School she appeared in three Harry Potter films and had recording sessions at the famous Abbey Road studios. These recording sessions were featured in the Disney and Walden Media film version of CS Lewis classic Narnia. Harrison won a three year DADA award and attended Laine's Theatre Arts.- Jeillo Edwards was born on 23 September 1942 in Malta Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone. She was an actress, known for Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Beautiful Thing (1996) and Fox Mystery Theater (1984). She was married to Edmund Clottey. She died on 2 July 2004 in London, England, UK.