Patricia Deutsch Ross (born Elaine Patricia Deutsch; December 16, 1943 – July 26, 2017) was an American actress and comedian who was well known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows Match Game and Tattletales. Early life 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. Career Stage 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. Improv 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”. Television 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 as an old lady in the ABC series Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. Guest appearances In addition to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Deutsch also had guest appearances on The Merv Griffin Show, The Dick Cavett Show and The Steve Allen Show. On March 7, 2008, she appeared as a guest on GSN's interstitial program GSN Live. In 2009, Deutsch, along with Match Game co-panelists Joyce Bulifant and Nancy Dussault, attended the GSN Game Show Awards to accept the "Favorite Classic Game Show" award on behalf of Match Game. During their acceptance speeches, Deutsch, Bulifant and Dussault fondly remembered their friends, host Gene Rayburn and fellow panelist Charles Nelson Reilly. Voice