Trivia

Was incarcerated by the Japanese for 18 months in the Philippines during World War II.

Neile Adams McQueen Toffel is the author of 'My Husband, My Friend', a biography of her late husband Steve McQueen.

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.

Grandmother of Steven R. McQueen.

Mother of Chad McQueen and Terry McQueen.

Once modeled for detective and crime magazine covers.

She and husband, Alvin Toffel, breed thoroughbred race horses.

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.

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.

In 1956 she replaced Carol Haney as the kooky star of Broadway's "The Pajama Game".

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, English, German, Chinese and Japanese.

Trained in New York with the American Theatre Wing, the America President School of Acting, and the Katherine Dunham School of Dance.

As a teenager she attended Rosemary Hall, a private school in Connecticut.

Grandmother of Molly McQueen Flattery.

Used to dance in New Yoks Copacabana with Shirley MacLaine.

She outlived both of her children, Terry McQueen (1959-1998) and Chad McQueen (1960-2024).

Former mother-in-law of Stacey Toten.

Married Steve McQueen in 1957, divorced 1971 children Terri born 1959, Chad born 1981.