
Person
Paddy Chayefsky
Writing
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- Jan 29, 1923
- Died
- Aug 1, 1981
- From
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.
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Marty

The Hospital

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Oscars

A Double Life

The Dick Cavett Show
Film '72

Monitor

The David Susskind Show

The Goddess

Paint Your Wagon

Altered States

The Americanization of Emily

Middle of the Night

The Catered Affair
Middle of the Night

As Young as You Feel

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