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Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky / ˌ tʃ aɪ ˈ (j) ɛ f s k i / (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television.
Paddy Chayefsky. Writer: Marty. Author, producer, and composer who earned a Bachelor of Science degree from CCNY, then a Purple Heart during World War II while serving in the US Army. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his chief musical collaborators included George Bassman and Harry Warren.
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Paddy Chayefsky (born January 29, 1923, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 1, 1981, New York City) was an American playwright and screenwriter whose work was part of the flowering of television drama in the 1950s. He also wrote several critically acclaimed films.
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Aug 2, 1981 · The playwright Paddy Chayefsky, a winner of three Academy Awards, died of cancer yesterday at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan. He was 58 years old. Between his early great ...
Aug 9, 1981 · Paddy Chayefsky died on Saturday, Aug. 1, in the final act of a life as complex and colorful as anything he wrote, and in the middle of his return to the theater he viewed with love and...
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Chayefsky gained the reputation as the pack leader of kitchen sink realism on television. Between 1949 and 1955, he delivered a dozen teleplays to Coe, including The Bachelor Party and The Catered Affair. Following the Philco years, Chayefsky's The Great American Hoax was seen May 15, 1957 during the second season of The 20th Century Fox Hour.
Sidney Aaron " Paddy " Chayefsky / ˌtʃaɪˈ ( j) ɛfski / (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays.
