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Neile Adams

Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress | * 07/10/1932 (91) | Manila (Philippines)
Ruby Neilam Salvador Adams (born July 10, 1932), known professionally as Neile Adams, is a Filipino American actress, singer, and dancer who made more than 20 appearances in films and television series between 1952 and 1991. ()

Ruby Neilam Salvador Adams(born July 10, 1932), known professionally asNeile Adams, is a Filipino American actress, singer, and dancer who made more than 20 appearances in films and television series between 1952 and 1991. She was married to actor Steve McQueen, and then divorced (1956-1972); they had a son, actor Chadwick 'Chad' McQueen, and a daughter, voice actress Terry McQueen.In 1958, producer George Abbott offered Adams a role in the Broadway production ofDamn Yankees. She was unable to accept because the Versailles Club would not release her from her contract as a dancer. Her Broadway credits include performing inKismetandThe Pajama Game.She also performed inBroadway Boundat The Grand oppositePaul Muni. She married then-struggling actor Steve McQueen four months after their meeting in 1956 while filming MGM’sThis Could Be the Night (1957) where she was under contract. She opened the Tropicana Hotel inLas Vegas in 1958 withDick ShawnandVivian Blaine.Her other screen credits includeWomen in Chains(1972),Fuzz(1972),So Long, Blue Boy(1973),Chu Chu and the Philly Flash(1981), andBuddy Buddy(1981). Her television credits include:ThePerry ComoShow, twoBob HopeChristmas specials, The Eddie Fisher Show,ThePatrice MunselShow,ThePat BooneShowandThe Hollywood Palace. Her dramatic television roles include a 1960 episode ofAlfred Hitchcock Presents, titled "Man from the South", opposite her then husband and Peter Lorre. Two more Alfred Hitchcock episodes followed: a half-hour show directed byArthur Hillerin which she starred, "One Grave Too Many", and anAlfred Hitchcock Hourepisode entitled "Ten Minutes From Now". She also appeared on episodes of television series includingMan From U.N.C.L.E.,The Rockford Files,The Bionic Woman,Fantasy Island, andVega$.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Crime

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Movies with Neile Adams as Actress(10)

as herself2014 I Am Steve McQueen
as Julie Stevens1973 So Long, Blue Boy
as Connie1972 Women in Chains
as Teddy Carella1972 Fuzz
as Patsy St. Clair1957 This Could Be the Night

TV Shows/Series with Neile Adams as Actress(10)

1982 Hotel
1978 Vega$
as Joyce Brauder1974 The Rockford Files
as Sita Chandi1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Sgt. Louise Marklen1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Irene Helmer1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Additional Information

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Full Name: Ruby Adams
Born: Sunday, 07/10 1932 (July) in Manila (Philippines) (current age: 91 years + 262 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language), Spanish (ES, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Steve McQueen
Children: Chad McQueen, Terry Leslie McQueen
Siblings: Mercedes Arrastia-Tuason, Beatriz Arrastia y Reinares
Father: José Arrastia y Salgado
Mother: Miami Salvador
Related to: Steven R. McQueen
Other names for Neile Adams (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ruby Neilam Salvador Adams"
"María Ruby Neilam Adams Arrastia y Salvador"
Neile Adams frequently works together with these people:
Norman Lloyd (11x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (11x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
Russell Collins (11x, Actor)
Bartlett Robinson (11x, Actor)
Alfred Hitchcock (10x, Crew)
Robert Loggia (10x, Actor)
Ray Teal (10x, Actor)
Patricia Hitchcock (10x, Actress)
Phyllis Thaxter (9x, Actress)
John Williams (9x, Actor)
Steve McQueen (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:815485, Added: 11/08/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024