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Paddy Chayefsky

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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Born:
Jan 29, 1923 In The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the movie A Double Life 1947-12-25
Latest Project:
Movie Faye 2024-05-15
Known For
Poster of The Dick Cavett Show
Poster of The David Susskind Show
Poster of Marty
Poster of A Double Life
Filmography
Movie Faye Self - Screenwriter, Network (archive footage) 2024-05-15
Movie The Hospital Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1971-12-14
Series The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968-06-06
Series The David Susskind Show Self 1959-01-18
Movie Marty Leo (uncredited) 1955-04-11
Series The Oscars Self 1953-03-19
Movie A Double Life Photographer (uncredited) 1947-12-25