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Steve McQueen was born  *Steven Terrence McQueen (see note below on name) on May 24, in Beech Grove, Indiana. He was abandoned both by his father and his mother and was primarily raised in Missouri by his Uncle Claude.

At the age of twelve, he returned to live with his mother and her new husband in Los Angeles, California. His family life was unhappy and soon Steve was hanging out with a street gang and constantly getting into trouble.  His mother sent him to the California Junior Boys Republic in Chino Hills, California and he remained there for several years and joined the Marines in   After leaving the Marines in , he began studying acting and was accepted into Lee Strasberg's prestigious "Actor's Studio".

Steve auditioned along with other hopefuls but only he and Martin Landau (Mission Impossible) were accepted.  He debuted on Broadway in in the play A Hatful o