![Ruby Neilam Salvador Adams
(aka Neile McQueen-Toffel) is a Filipino-American actress, singer, dancer born in the Philippines, July 10, 1936, and is of German, Spanish, English, Chinese, and Filipino descent. Adams spent 18 months during WWII imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines. [Family photo above via] Adams gained national attention by age 20 when she starred in Bob Fosse’s Broadway production of “The Pajama Game”. A string of legends such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, hand selected her to star in their Broadway productions. Film and television features soon followed. Adams’ MGM publicity photo c. 1960 [via]Adams married actor Steve McQueen just four months after they met in 1956. Adams wrote about her 15-year marriage and 24-year friendship with McQueen in her book, My Husband, My Friend. [via]In 1963, McQueen told LIFE magazine, “With strangers, I can’t breathe…But I dig my old lady…” MCQeen and Adams in a Sulphur bath, Big Sur, 1963. Photo by John Dominis. McQueen and Adams stylin 60s mod [via]McQueen and Adams in Taipei 1965 [via], photo by Doris NiehMcQueen and Adams at home [via]McQueen and Adams poolside in their Palm Springs bungalow, 1963. Photo by John Dominis. [via] Sources & more: Life, book excerpts, book press release, Wiki, IMDbOther Keywords: famous filipinos, famous asians, famous asian dancers, famous asian singers, famous asian actors, chinese-filipino, mestizo actors, steve mcqueen’s wife, steve mcqueen’s love, formidable asian women, asian female performers, asians in broadway, 1960’s mod photos, famous filipino-americans, mixed asian, hapa](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lppwd6UWUb1qa172uo1_r3_400.jpg)
Ruby Neilam Salvador Adams
(aka Neile McQueen-Toffel) is a Filipino-American actress, singer, dancer born in the Philippines, July 10, 1936, and is of German, Spanish, English, Chinese, and Filipino descent. Adams spent 18 months during WWII imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines. [Family photo above via]
Adams gained national attention by age 20 when she starred in Bob Fosse’s Broadway production of “The Pajama Game”. A string of legends such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, hand selected her to star in their Broadway productions. Film and television features soon followed. 
Adams’ MGM publicity photo c. 1960 [via]
Adams married actor Steve McQueen just four months after they met in 1956. Adams wrote about her 15-year marriage and 24-year friendship with McQueen in her book, My Husband, My Friend. 
[via]
In 1963, McQueen told LIFE magazine, “With strangers, I can’t breathe…But I dig my old lady…” 
MCQeen and Adams in a Sulphur bath, Big Sur, 1963. Photo by John Dominis. 
McQueen and Adams stylin 60s mod [via]
McQueen and Adams in Taipei 1965 [via], photo by Doris Nieh
McQueen and Adams at home [via]
McQueen and Adams poolside in their Palm Springs bungalow, 1963.
Photo by John Dominis. [via]
Sources & more: Life, book excerpts, book press release, Wiki, IMDb
Other Keywords: famous filipinos, famous asians, famous asian dancers, famous asian singers, famous asian actors, chinese-filipino, mestizo actors, steve mcqueen’s wife, steve mcqueen’s love, formidable asian women, asian female performers, asians in broadway, 1960’s mod photos, famous filipino-americans, mixed asian, hapa
