Neile Adams

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 19561972 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 thenstruggling actor Steve McQueen four months after their meeting in 1956 while filming MGMs 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 halfhour 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 UNCLE The Rockford Files The Bionic Woman Fantasy Island and Vega