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Please contact Steve Moyer Public Relations at 818.784.7027 (work), 818.337.9987 (cell) and E-mail moyerpr@earthlink.net for all press requests and to invite Neile to attend and/or speak at your event.

Remembering Chad McQueen

September 13, 2024 by Bill Rice

Chad McQueen

Remembering Chad McQueen
December 28, 1960 – September 11, 2024

(Palm Desert, CA) Thursday, September 12, 2024 – Chad McQueen, 63, the actor best known for his role as Dutch in the films, “The Karate Kid” and “The Karate Kid Part II” died Wednesday morning, September 11, 2024 at his home in Palm Desert, CA said his mother Neile Adams McQueen.

Born Chadwick Steven McQueen on December 28,1960, McQueen was the son of Broadway, television and film performer, Neile Adams, and her late first husband, the iconic actor, Steve McQueen. Aside from acting, Chad McQueen was also a film producer, martial artist and racecar driver.

As an actor Chad McQueen’s film credits included: “Martial Law,” “New York Cop,” “Red Line” and “Death Ring.” As a producer McQueen won a Telly Award for his documentary “Filming At Speed.” McQueen appeared on numerous television programs, including “Hot Rod TV” and “Celebrity Rides.”

From an early age Chad McQueen became an avid enthusiast of automobiles, motorcycles and racing, following in the footsteps of his father, Steve McQueen, whom he used to ride dirt bikes with near their home in the desert in Palm Springs, starting at the age of nine.

Chad McQueen began auto racing at the age of 10, winning his first race, the mini Le Mans event, a children-only track created on the set of his father’s 1971 film, “Le Mans.” By the age of 12, Chad McQueen won his class in the World Mini Grand Prix. A lover of Porsche cars, McQueen’s professional racing career started with Sports Car Club of America. Chad McQueen later started his own company, McQueen Racing, LLC.

Aside from his mother, Chad McQueen is also survived by his life partner of 31 years, Jeanie McQueen Galbraith, and their children, Chase and Madison; his son, Steven R., from a previous marriage; his grandson, Michael Carriles; and his son-in-law, Mitchell Carriles. Aside from his father, he was predeceased by his sister, Terry. Donations can be in Chad McQueen’s name to The Boys Republic in Chino Hills, CA.

MIYAMI-SAN (A Love Story) Written by Neile Adams McQueen, A New Novel Available Now

February 9, 2022 by Steve Moyer

MIYAMI-SAN (A Love Story) Written by Neile Adams McQueen, A New Novel Available Now on www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and www.authorhouse.com

            Los Angeles, CA (February 8, 2022) – From the author of the best-selling memoir, “My Husband, My Friend,” about her life with the most famous movie star of the time, comes this new novel….

            MIYAMI-SAN (A Love Story) (pronounced “me-ah-me sahn”), a new book written Neile Adams McQueen (pronounced “Neel”), available now on www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and www.authorhouse.com.  MIYAMI-SAN is a story of love in all forms and how life is not about the storm – but learning how to dance in the rain.

            MIYAMI-SAN (A Love Story) is set in Manila, The Philippine Islands, in 1930.  When the innocent and extraordinarily beautiful Mila Alvarez takes the stage at the Olympic Stadium one fateful night as the newly named MIAMI, she has no idea of the journey that lies before her.  She transforms from a young, sheltered schoolgirl into an intuitively inventive and bold new star and soon finds fame and adoration throughout Southeast Asia and beyond.  Along the way comes handsome Lt. John Holbrook who wreaks havoc on her young life as World War II looms ever closer.  When she crosses paths with Japanese industrialist Koda Sato her life changes its trajectory.

            Neile Adams McQueen says, “The characters in MIYAMI-SAN (A Love Story) had been milling about in my mind for a long time, and were, in part, influenced by people and circumstances I’ve encountered in my own life.  Then when the COVID 19 pandemic began in December of 2019, I came to the conclusion that it was time to write this book and commit the story to the page.  And so I did.”

        The novel is available in:

Hardback – ISBN# 978-1-6655-3825-1
Paperback – ISBN# 978-1-6655-3827-5
E-book – ISBN# 978-1-6655-3826-8

Pricing for MIYAMI-SAN (A Love Story) is as follows:

www.amazon.com
Hard Cover: $31.80
Paperback Soft Cover: $20.99
E-Book: $3.99

 www.barnesandnoble.com
Hard Cover: $31.99
Paperback Soft Cover: $20.99
E-Book: $2.99

www.authorhouse.com
Hard Cover: $31.99
Paperback Soft Cover: $20.99
E-Book: $3.99

More About The Author, Neile Adams McQueen
            Neile Adams McQueen began her career as one of Broadway’s foremost Jazz dancers and performers.  She has also appeared in movies and on television shows in a career spanning eight decades.

            Born in the Philippines on July 10, 1932 of Eurasian descent, Neile Adams McQueen is 57% Basque (Spanish), 10% English and Irish, 26% Asian (Chinese, Japanese and Mongolian) and 7% Polynesian.  She spent the Second World War in Japanese-occupied Manila, emigrating to America with her mother in 1948.

            She graduated high school from Choate Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, CT.  Marjorie Webster Junior College in Washington D.C. followed, and as soon as she was able, she moved to New York and was given a scholarship to the Katherine Dunham School of Dance.

            A year later she was part of the opening act of the Lena Horne Show at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, CA.  Shortly thereafter the 21-year-old was selected by choreographer Jack Cole to become a featured dancer and a Princess of Ababu, in the original Broadway production of “Kismet.”  Her appearance in New York’s Versailles Club prompted director George Abbott and legendary choreographer Bob Fosse to immediately cast her as the dancing lead, Gladys Hotchkiss, in the Broadway musical, “The Pajama Game.”  There she first saw her name in lights on Broadway.

            She danced her way into the hearts of producer Joe Pasternak and director Robert Wise where a seven-year contract at MGM awaited her.  Her first feature film was “This Could Be The Night” and she became the studio’s hottest young starlet.

            During this period, Neile Adams met and married young actor Steve McQueen after only four months of dating.  When Steve’s star rose, they wound up on the cover of LIFE magazine and became Hollywood’s newest “power couple.” They were married over 15 and half years and had two children together:  a daughter, Terry Leslie McQueen (1959–1998), and a son, Chadwick Steven McQueen, born in 1960.  The union produced four grandchildren:  Molly, Steven R., Chase and Madison McQueen.

            Neile Adams later married Alvin Toffel, then president of the Norton Simon Museum.  They remained married until Toffel’s death in 2005.

            As a performer, Neile Adams guest starred in over 20 television shows such as “The Bob Hope Christmas Special” (twice), “The Pat Boone Show,” “The Eddie Fischer Show,” “The Perry Como Show,” and dramatic shows like “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (three times), “Fantasy Island,” “The Bionic Woman,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” and“The Rockford Files.”  Film credits include:  “This Could Be The Night,” “Fuzz” and “Chu, Chu and The Philly Flash,”among others.

            Neile’s proudest accomplishment is being the model, and the only American to have that honor, for Pablo Picasso’s PICASSO EROTIC, which hangs in the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, Spain.

            Neile Adams McQueen is a member of the charitable organization, SHARE (Share Happily And Reap Endlessly) and is a board member of The Boys Republic of Chino Hills, CA.

            She performs her Cabaret shows, which are often autobiographical, in Los Angeles, New York, London and Paris.  She has also performed at a Royal Gala at The London Palladium.

            A feature film is currently in development based on Neile Adams McQueen’s first book, her memoir, “My Husband, My Friend.”  In addition, a documentary film on the life of Neile Adams McQueen is also currently in development.

            To learn more about Neile Adams McQueen, please visit www.neileadamsmcqueen.com, https://www.facebook.com/neile.adams.5 and on Twitter @adamsmcqueen

Media Contact for Neile Adams McQueen:
Steve Moyer, Steve Moyer Public Relations
Work Phone:  818.784.7027; Cell:  818.337.9987; E-mail:  moyerpr@earthlink.net
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Where to Buy MIYAMI-SAN (A Love Story)

April 29, 2021 by Bill Rice

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Articles and Videos of Note

April 29, 2021 by Bill Rice

December 13, 2022

NBC Palm Springs video segment: Our Desert Past – Neile Adams McQueen Remembers Her Years in Palm Springs with Her Husband Steve McQueen

July 26, 2022

Vanitatis El Confidencial – Neile Adams: “Nunca he tenido relación con ella ni quiero”

May 7-13, 2022

Life’s Still a Cabaret for Near-90 FilAm Entertainer, Author – Weekend Balita, Volume XXXI, Number 19

May/June, 2022

Jaguar Journal – What A Wife! Neile Adams McQueen Bought Steve His XKSS

April 2022

Not Born Yesterday – Senior in Action: Neile Adams McQueen

Friday, February 18, 2022

Philippine Post – ‘Miyami San,’ new book by Neile Adams McQueen, is out

Steve McQueen & Neile

October 25, 2019 by Neile Adams McQueen

Vanity Fair: THE FASCINATING LIFE OF NEILE ADAMS, ISABEL PREYSLER’S AUNT WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH STEVE MCQUEEN

October 25, 2019 by Steve Moyer

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Time: LIFE With Steve McQueen: Photos of the King of Cool in 1963

October 25, 2019 by Neile Adams McQueen

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Quentin Tarantino Talks About Neile Adams as the Power Behind Steve McQueen

December 5, 2018 by Bill Rice

In this interview with Seth Meyers, the film director Quentin Tarantino talks about Steve McQueen and the movie, The Getaway, and how Neile Adams was the power behind Steve McQueen.

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