Aged around 90, Trueman collapsed on the set of Dirty Dancing (1987) and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital where she was treated for dehydration and released. She later completed filming.
Studied acting and dance at Manhattan's prestigious Neighbborhood
Playhouse School of the Theater. Teachers included the legendary
Sanford Meisner and Martha Graham.
Her husband, Harold Sterner, was an architect, and the son of noted painter Albert Sterner.