Toni Collette withdraws appeal over house purchase row: reportHistory’s stingiest misers From a billionaire who installed a payphone in his home to another who wouldn’t even bail out his kidnapped son, these penny-pinchers take frugality to the extreme. Actress Toni Collette and her musician husband Dave Galafassi are believed to have withdrawn an appeal over the May court order that they pay $800,000 plus in damages after pulling out of a Paddington terrace purchase.