Neile Adams

Neile Adams, a Filipina-American actress, singer, and dancer, began performing after moving to the United States from Manila in 1948 and studying dance in New York on a scholarship. She took the stage name Neile Adams to avoid being typecast. Her Broadway credits include Kismet and The Pajama Game, and she appeared opposite Paul Muni in Broadway Bound; in 1958 she appeared with Dick Shawn and Vivian Blaine in the opening of the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. Her film work includes This Could Be the Night (1957), Women in Chains (1972), Fuzz (1972), So Long, Blue Boy (1973), Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981), and Buddy Buddy (1981). On television she performed on variety programs such as The Perry Como Show and played dramatic roles in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, including the 1960 episode Man from the South with Steve McQueen and Peter Lorre, as well as in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Rockford Files, and Fantasy Island.