Screenwriter, songwriter ("Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo"), composer, screenwriter and
author, educated at Barnard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She
headed the Theatre Guild press department in 1937-1938. Joining ASCAP
in 1953, her chief musical collaborators included Jay Livingston,
Bronislaw Kaper, and Bernard Green. Her other popular-song and
instrumental compositions include "March of the Ill-Assorted Guards",
"Take My Love", "The Ballad of Jack and the Beanstalk", "Twelve Feet
Tall", "Sweet World", "I'll Go Along With You", "Looka Me", and "He
Never Looks My Way".
Was nominated for two Tony Awards in 1962 with collaborator Michael Stewart: as
Best Author (Musical) and for book as part of Best Musical nominee
"Carnival," which was based on Ms. Deutsch's screenplay for Lili (1953).