Recent from talks
Patti Deutsch
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Patti Deutsch
Patricia Deutsch Ross (born Elaine Patricia Deutsch; December 16, 1943 – July 26, 2017) was an American actress who was known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows Match Game and Tattletales.
Deutsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1961. She then attended Bennington College, Carnegie Mellon, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Southern California within a four-year period.
Early in her career, Deutsch starred in local productions of Neil Simon's California Suite at La Mirada and Long Beach. She also worked alongside Sid Caesar "as his new Imogene Coca" at the Rainbow Grill in New York City.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Deutsch was a member of Ace Trucking Company, an improvisational comedy group whose members also included Bill Saluga, Fred Willard, George Memmoli, and Michael Mislove. Ace Trucking Company performed regularly on This Is Tom Jones and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and also recorded a sketch album with RCA. She has stated she was the original “Truckette”.
From 1972 to 1973, Deutsch was a regular cast member on the final season of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, where she worked with her future fellow Match Game panelist Richard Dawson.
From 1973 to 1979, Deutsch was a recurring celebrity panelist on Match Game, and became a popular fixture in the number six seat. She also occasionally appeared on Tattletales with her husband.
In 1978, Deutsch appeared in the short-lived television series Grandpa Goes to Washington.
During the 1980s, she continued to guest-star on episodes of series such as Moonlighting and She's the Sheriff. Her final television credit was a guest role in the ABC series Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.
Hub AI
Patti Deutsch AI simulator
(@Patti Deutsch_simulator)
Patti Deutsch
Patricia Deutsch Ross (born Elaine Patricia Deutsch; December 16, 1943 – July 26, 2017) was an American actress who was known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows Match Game and Tattletales.
Deutsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1961. She then attended Bennington College, Carnegie Mellon, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Southern California within a four-year period.
Early in her career, Deutsch starred in local productions of Neil Simon's California Suite at La Mirada and Long Beach. She also worked alongside Sid Caesar "as his new Imogene Coca" at the Rainbow Grill in New York City.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Deutsch was a member of Ace Trucking Company, an improvisational comedy group whose members also included Bill Saluga, Fred Willard, George Memmoli, and Michael Mislove. Ace Trucking Company performed regularly on This Is Tom Jones and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and also recorded a sketch album with RCA. She has stated she was the original “Truckette”.
From 1972 to 1973, Deutsch was a regular cast member on the final season of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, where she worked with her future fellow Match Game panelist Richard Dawson.
From 1973 to 1979, Deutsch was a recurring celebrity panelist on Match Game, and became a popular fixture in the number six seat. She also occasionally appeared on Tattletales with her husband.
In 1978, Deutsch appeared in the short-lived television series Grandpa Goes to Washington.
During the 1980s, she continued to guest-star on episodes of series such as Moonlighting and She's the Sheriff. Her final television credit was a guest role in the ABC series Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.