Helen Deutsch

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BIRTHDAY

March 21, 1912

New York City, NY

DIED

March 14, 1992

RECENT CREDITS

Valley of the Dolls (FILM) Dec. 15, 1967

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (FILM) Jun. 1, 1964

Forever Darling (FILM) Feb. 1, 1956

The Glass Slipper (FILM) Apr. 1, 1955

I'll Cry Tomorrow (FILM) Jan. 1, 1955

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BIOGRAPHY

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Versatile, distinguished writer Helen Deutsch penned many award-winning screenplays during the '40s, '50s and '60s. She also penned scores of newspaper articles, many short stories, and plays and teleplays. A graduate of Barnard College, Deutsch started out managing and publicizing the Provincetown Players; she then became a theater reviewer for the New York Herald-Tribune and the Times as well as working with the Theater Guild. Her first screenplay was an adaptation of Enid Bagnold's National Velvet; the ensuing film made young Elizabeth Taylor a star. As a screen writer, Deutsch was known for writing in a wide variety of genres ranging from light-weight spy films to heavy melodramas to musicals to sweeping adventures. Among her best-known films are The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), King Solomon's Mines (1950) and Lili (1953), her most popular film for which she wrote the haunting "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo." In 1961, Deutsch wrote the libretto for the Broadway version of the musical Carnival.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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