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Spouse. Susan Sackler Chayefsky. . . ( m. 1949) . Children. 1. 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.
- Sidney Aaron Chayefsky, January 29, 1923, New York City, U.S.
- 1944–1980
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- City College of New York (1943)
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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Paddy Chayefsky was a writer, producer, and composer who won three Oscars for Marty, Network, and The Hospital. He also wrote novels, songs, and TV shows, and was known for his complex plot progression and social commentary.
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- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
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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 anguish ...
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 ...
May 19, 2011 · The screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981) won an Academy Award for his jeremiad “Network” (1976), starring Faye Dunaway. United Artists. By Dave Itzkoff. May 19, 2011. LAMENTING the lack of ...
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.
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