15 Facts About Andrea True

Andrea Marie Truden, better known by her pseudonym Andrea True, was an American pornographic actress and singer from the disco era.

Andrea True Marie Truden was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where she attended St Cecilia Academy, a Catholic school for girls dedicated to the performing arts.

Andrea True studied music at George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University.

Andrea True's father, Frank, was an engineer, and he died when True was 16 years old.

Andrea True's mother Anne owned a silverplating business and was a professional singer, specializing in polka, who recorded her own record and had performed with Frankie Yankovic's band.

Andrea True performed in a few pornographic films in Scandinavia in the 1960s and, by the end of the decade, began appearing in American adult films.

Andrea True appeared as an extra in non-adult films The Way We Were and 40 Carats.

Andrea True was performing extensively and went on to play around 300 shows within a year from June 1976.

Andrea True Connection came fifth in ASCAP's ranking of disco artists of the year.

Andrea True never returned to the adult film industry and for some time performed in clubs in Florida.

Andrea True did perform two sold-out shows at the Paramount Theater in New York City in 1994, and worked on new music, which eventually never materialised.

Andrea True received a renewed burst of publicity in 1999 when the Canadian group Len sampled the instrumental break from "More, More, More" in their single "Steal My Sunshine".

Andrea True made an appearance in the 2005 documentary movie Inside Deep Throat.

Andrea True spent her final years living in Woodstock, New York, suffering from declining health.

Andrea True died on November 7,2011, at a hospital in Kingston, New York.