Paddy Chayefsky
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Person

Paddy Chayefsky

Known for
Writing
Born
January 29, 1923
Died
August 1, 1981
Place of birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron

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Biography

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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In Catlg

1 Work in the catalog credit them.

Writing (1)

Filmography

  • The MotherFilm · 1994 · Writer
  • Ein Zug nach ManhattanFilm · 1981 · Writer
  • Altered StatesFilm · 1980 · Screenplay
  • NetworkFilm · 1976 · Writer
  • Film '72TV · 1971 · as Self · 1 episode
  • The HospitalFilm · 1971 · as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  • The HospitalFilm · 1971 · Producer
  • The HospitalFilm · 1971 · Writer
  • The Dick Cavett ShowTV · 1968 · as Self - Guest · 1 episode
  • The Americanization of EmilyFilm · 1964 · Screenplay
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV · 1962 · as Self · 1 episode
  • Middle of the NightFilm · 1959 · Screenplay
  • The David Susskind ShowTV · 1959 · as Self · 1 episode
  • MonitorTV · 1958 · Acting · 1 episode
  • The GoddessFilm · 1958 · Screenplay
  • The Bachelor PartyFilm · 1957 · Story, Screenplay
  • The Catered AffairFilm · 1956 · Teleplay
  • MartyFilm · 1955 · as Leo (uncredited)
  • MartyFilm · 1955 · Screenplay, Story
  • Middle of the NightFilm · 1954 · Writer
  • MartyFilm · 1953 · Writer
  • The Bachelor PartyFilm · 1953 · Writer
  • The OscarsTV · 1953 · as Self · 3 episodes
  • As Young as You FeelFilm · 1951 · Story
  • Goodyear Television PlayhouseTV · 1951 · Writer · 3 episodes
  • The Philco Television PlayhouseTV · 1948 · Writer · 6 episodes
  • A Double LifeFilm · 1947 · as Photographer (uncredited)
  • The True GloryFilm · 1945 · Writer

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