Neile Adams was born on July 10, 1932 in Manila, Philippines as Ruby Neilam Salvador Adams. She is an actress, known for This Could Be the Night (1957), Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005) and Buddy Buddy (1981). She was previously married to Alvin Toffel and Steve McQueen.
Alvin Toffel (m. 1980–2005), Steve McQueen (m. 1956–1972)
Children
Chad McQueen, Terry McQueen
Parents
José Salgado Arrastia, Carmen Salvador
Movies
This Could Be the Night, Women in Chains
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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Her niece is socialite Isabel Preysler, and her great-nephew is singer Enrique Iglesias, who is Isabel's son. Neile's father, José Salgado Arrastia, was Isabel's maternal grandfather.
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Trained in New York with the American Theatre Wing, the America President School of Acting, and the Katherine Dunham School of Dance.
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Neile is the daughter of Carmen Sulse Salvador, a hula dancer professionally known as "Miami", and José Salgado Arrastia. She was raised by her mother. Neile's ancestry includes Spanish and Filipino.
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In 1956 she replaced Carol Haney as the kooky star of Broadway's "The Pajama Game".
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Made her Broadway debut as a featured dancer in "Kismet" starring Alfred Drake as one of three princesses of Ababu. A few months later she replaced the lead dancer and stayed with the show's two-year run.
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Once modeled for detective and crime magazine covers.
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As a teenager she attended Rosemary Hall, a private school in Connecticut.
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Had been left with relatives by her mother in Manila at the time the islands were attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. A month later the Japanese occupied Manila. In 1945, during the island's liberation by Allied forces, she suffered shrapnel wounds to one of her legs. Her mother eventually returned to Manila and brought her daughter back to the States.
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Her professional career ended in 1959 when she appeared in the new musical "At the Grand," an adaptation of "Grand Hotel" that co-starred Paul Muni. The show closed during tryouts in San Francisco before reaching Broadway. After that, she settled into her wifely role of Mrs. Steve McQueen.
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