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Neile Adams

Actor · b. 1932 · 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. 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 of Damn 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 in Kismet and The Pajama Game. She also performed in Broadway Bound at The Grand opposite Paul Muni. She married then-struggling actor Steve McQueen four months after their meeting in 1956 while filming MGM’s This Could Be the Night (1957) where she was under contract. She opened the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas in 1958 with Dick Shawn and Vivian Blaine. Her other screen credits include Women in Chains (1972), Fuzz (1972), So Long, Blue Boy (1973), Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981), and Buddy Buddy (1981). Her television credits include: The Perry Como Show, two Bob Hope Christmas specials, The Eddie Fisher Show, The Patrice Munsel Show, The Pat Boone Show and The Hollywood Palace. Her dramatic television roles include a 1960 episode of Alfred 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 by Arthur Hiller in which she starred, "One Grave Too Many", and an Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode entitled "Ten Minutes From Now". She also appeared on episodes of television series including Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Rockford Files, The Bionic Woman, Fantasy Island, and Vega$.

Movies14

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    I Am Steve McQueen

    2014 · 38 votes

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    Buddy Buddy

    1981 · 118 votes

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    Fuzz

    1972 · 50 votes

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  • Movie6.1

    This Could Be the Night

    1957 · 14 votes

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    Grubstake

    1952 · 1 votes

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    Women in Chains

    1972 · 6 votes

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    So Long, Blue Boy

    1973 · 3 votes

Series9

  • TV7.6

    The Rockford Files

    1974 · 133 votes

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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 265 votes

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    Hotel

    1982 · 26 votes

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    The Bionic Woman

    1976 · 283 votes

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    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    1964 · 75 votes

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    Vega$

    1978 · 25 votes

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  • TV8.1

    E! True Hollywood Story

    1996 · 81 votes