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Paddy Chayefsky

Writing Born Jan 29, 1923 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 8 credits

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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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
Film

The Stepford Wives

as Self - Guest
Film

Marty

as Leo (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • Film '72 (1971) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • The David Susskind Show (1959) as Self
  • Marty (1955) as Leo (uncredited)
  • The Hospital (1971) as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  • A Double Life (1947) as Photographer (uncredited)