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Paddy Chayefsky

Writing
Known For

58 Years Old

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.

Born

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA on 29th January 1923

Died

1st August 1981

All Credits

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Image
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Dick Cavett Show Image
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
No Image
Film '72
Self
The David Susskind Show Image
The David Susskind Show
Self
A Double Life Image
A Double Life
Photographer (uncredited)
Marty Image
Marty
Leo (uncredited)
The Hospital Image
The Hospital
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)