Where is Steve McQueen’s wife and widow, Barbara Minty, now?

Who is Barbara Minty, and where is she now?

Barbara Minty was born in Seattle, Washington USA, on June 11, 1953 – her zodiac sign is Gemini and she holds American citizenship. She is a former model, but is perhaps best known for being the third and last wife of famous American actor Steve McQueen, who died in 1980 at the age of 50 and left Barbara a widow.

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Barbara has stayed away from media attention since Steve’s death and is now an artist (painter).

Childhood and education

Barbara was raised in Corvallis, Oregon as an only child by her father who was a factory worker and her mother who was a homemaker.

She attended Corvallis High School where she was physically very active, as she ran track and did gymnastics. During her senior year, Barbara was noticed by a model scout and was able to launch her modeling career. She graduated from high school in 1971, then focused on her career rather than pursuing a college education.

Modeling career

Upon enrolling, Barbara began posing for numerous magazines and appearing on numerous cover pages, and it only took her a few years to become one of the highest paid models in the United States. She was signed to modeling agents Nina Blanchard and Eileen Ford, but retired after her husband’s death.

Barbara is also a writer, having released her book “Steve McQueen – The Last Mile”, which follows the three years she spent with Steve, covering their relationship, his modeling career as well as his death. Barbara is also an artist and her works could have been seen in galleries in the United States and Europe – she has held art exhibitions in London England, Tokyo Japan (Asia) and San Francisco California, among many other places.

Loving life and marriage with Steve

Barbara’s photos could have been found in many magazines and advertisements, and she was noticed by Steve whose agent arranged a meeting with Barbara – they started dating shortly after they met in late 1977 .and after nearly three years together and not long before Steve’s death, the two were married in a private ceremony attended by their closest friends and family.

Steve was married twice before he met Barbara and dated several women. He was in a relationship with Gia Scala while attending Stella Adler’s school, before marrying his first wife Neile Adams, a Filipino-American actress and singer, on November 2, 1956. She gave birth to their daughter Terry Leslie on June 5, 1959 who died March 19, 1988, and she also gave birth to their son Chad on December 28, 1960. Steve and Neile quietly divorced in 1972, and on August 31, 1973, Steve married American actress Ali MacGraw, and the marriage lasted five years before divorcing in 1978.

Many other women have claimed to have had a relationship with Steve, including Barbara Leigh who is a former actress, Lauren Hutton who was a model and actress, and Mamie Van Doren who is an actress and model.

Before meeting Steve, Barbara dated American photographer Mike Reinhardt from 1970 to 1974, and she also dated American actor Warren Beatty for a month in 1977. She has not spoken of any other men with whom she could have been since Steve’s death, and has remained away from media attention. She believes that asbestos caused the cancer from which her husband died, which is why she is now a member of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. As of October 2020, she is single, previously married and has no children.

Hobbies and other interests

Barbara is interested in all kinds of arts, including photography, sculpture and designing clothes – she has tried most of them, including writing poetry and short stories, but is better at paint.

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She loves to travel and her modeling career has taken her all over the world – few of her favorite cities she has visited are Shanghai in China, Venice in Italy and Paris in France.

She loves animals, cats being her favorite and has had many pet cats since launching her modeling career.

In her spare time she likes to watch movies and TV series and some of her favorite actors and actresses are Channing Tatum, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts while some of her favorite movies are “Dear John”, ” The Four Feathers” and “The Runaway Bride” – her favorite TV series is “Friends”.

age and size

Barbara’s age is 67. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) and she weighs around 130 pounds (60 kg). As of October 2020, his net worth was estimated to be over $15 million, while Steve’s net worth at the time of his death was estimated to be over $30 million.

Who was Steve McQueen?

Terrence Stephen McQueen was born in Beech Grove, Indiana USA on March 24, 1930 – his zodiac sign was Aries and he was an American citizen. He was an actor known as the ‘King of Cool’, who may still be known today for his starring role in the epic 1966 war film ‘The Sand Pebbles’ which also starred Richard Attenborough and Richard Crenna and which follows a US Navy engineer who is part of a rescue mission to China in 1926. For his performance, Steve was nominated for an Academy Award.

Steve McQueen

He was raised in Beech Grove by his mother Julia Ann who was said to be an alcoholic, and his father William McQueen who was a stunt pilot in a circus – after William left Julia for another woman, Julia left Steve with her parents Victor and Lillian to Slater. in Missouri because she no longer wanted to raise him. Steve enjoyed living on his grandparents’ farm and later said in an interview that his great-uncle Claude was a great man and learned a plethora of useful things from him. His mother picked him up from the farm when he was eight, however, Steve disliked his new stepfather as he beat him often, and only a year later Steve started living on the streets as he could no longer bear the blows. .

He was eventually tracked down and sent to live on the farm again, but when he was 12 he moved in with his mother and third husband in Los Angeles. However, as he was beaten again, Steve left home at the age of 14. and joins a circus. He returned home and started attending the California Junior Boys Republic school, but quit two years later and worked numerous jobs, in a brothel, as a hoodlum, and as a carnival huckster.

At the age of 17, he joined the US Marines, but during his career he was demoted seven times – after an unauthorized absence, being arrested and resisting arrest, he spent more than a month in a military prison. After finally changing his ways and becoming a responsible person, Steve rescued five fellow Marines during a military exercise and was finally honorably discharged in 1950.

Steve began attending Sanford Meisner’s Neighborhood Playhouse in 1952 and also became interested in motorcycles – he raced on the weekends and used the money to buy his first two motorcycles: a Triumph and a Harley Davidson. He appeared in his first Broadway play – ‘A Hatful of Rain’ – in 1955, and went on to appear in the drama film ‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’, and the crime and gangster film ‘Never Love a Stranger’ – her first starring role was in the sci-fi horror “The Blob.” Steve rose to worldwide fame after portraying Vin Tanner in the western ‘The Magnificent Seven’, and in 1963 he was cast in another hit film, ‘The Great Escape’ for which he was paid. more than any other actor. in the world.

Steve appeared in many other critically acclaimed films, while his last two roles before he died were in the western “Tom Horn” about a professional gunman working as a mercenary, and the action thriller “The Hunter” which follows the life of a bounty. hunter, both in 1980.

Steve was also a motor racing driver, who at some point thought about quitting acting and becoming a professional racer – in 1970 he won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Peter Revson. He was also a pilot and owner of a 1945 Stearman as well as a 1931 Pitcairn Mailwing.

Steve was a philanthropist, who had always asked for studious free things which he would then donate to the Boys Republic Reformatory School.

Steve discovered he had cancer on December 22, 1979, but when it had progressed so far it was inoperable. He died in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on November 7, 1980.

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