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1 | 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. |
2 | Trained in New York with the American Theatre Wing, the America President School of Acting, and the Katherine Dunham School of Dance. |
3 | 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. |
4 | In 1956 she replaced Carol Haney as the kooky star of Broadway's "The Pajama Game". |
5 | 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. |
6 | Once modeled for detective and crime magazine covers. |
7 | As a teenager she attended Rosemary Hall, a private school in Connecticut. |
8 | 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. |
9 | 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. |
10 | Grandmother of Molly McQueen Flattery. |
11 | Grandmother of Steven R. McQueen. |
12 | Former mother-in-law of Stacey Toten. |
13 | Mother of Chad McQueen and Terry McQueen. |
14 | She and husband, Alvin Toffel, breed thoroughbred race horses. |
15 | Neile Adams McQueen Toffel is the author of 'My Husband, My Friend', an excellent biography of her late husband Steve McQueen. |
16 | Was incarcerated by the Japanese for 18 months in the Philippines during World War II. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Dead on the Money | 1991 | TV Movie | |
Nightmare on the 13th Floor | 1990 | TV Movie | Saleswoman (as Neile McQueen) |
Hotel | 1985 | TV Series | Madelyn Rogers |
Buddy Buddy | 1981 | | Saleswoman (as Neile McQueen) |
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | 1981 | | Car Woman (as Neile McQueen) |
Vega$ | 1981 | TV Series | Monique Duvalier |
Fantasy Island | 1980 | TV Series | Trish |
The Rockford Files | 1978 | TV Series | Joyce Brauder |
Operation Petticoat | 1978 | TV Series | Mrs. Lawson |
The Bionic Woman | 1977 | TV Series | Valerie Breuer |
Police Woman | 1976 | TV Series | Denise |
So Long, Blue Boy | 1973 | | Julie Stevens (as Neile Adams McQueen) |
Love, American Style | 1972 | TV Series | Peggy Fox (segment "Love and the Out-of-Town Client") |
Fuzz | 1972 | | Teddy Carella |
Women in Chains | 1972 | TV Movie | 'Connie' |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1965 | TV Series | Sita Chandi |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1964 | TV Series | Sgt. Louise Marklen |
The Eleventh Hour | 1964 | TV Series | Mrs. Bering |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1960 | TV Series | Irene Helmer / Woman |
Five Fingers | 1960 | TV Series | Rita Juan |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | Lupe |
This Could Be the Night | 1957 | | Patsy St. Clair |
Grubstake | 1952 | | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans | 2015 | Documentary | Herself |
I Am Steve McQueen | 2014 | Documentary | Herself (as Neile Adams McQueen) |
Actors Entertainment | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Interviewee |
Biography | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself, former wife of Steve McQueen (as Niele McQueen Toffel) |
E! True Hollywood Story | 1998-1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (as Neile McQueen Toffel) |
Return to 'The Great Escape' | 1993 | Video documentary short | Herself (as Neile McQueen Toffel) |
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | 1990 | Video documentary | Herself |
Sunday Night Live | 1984 | TV Movie | Herself - Host |
V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1973 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Hollywood Palace | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
The 39th Annual Academy Awards | 1967 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
The Jack Benny Program | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
The Bob Hope Show | 1960 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1960 | TV Series | Herself / Dancer |
The Eddie Fisher Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
The Patrice Munsel Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
The Walter Winchell Show | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |