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May 19, 2011 · As early as the 1950s, Chayefsky, a Bronx-born writer with a moralistic streak, had condemned television as “stupid” and “doomed,” even while he contributed to dramatic anthology series ...
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 · An obituary of Paddy Chayefsky yesterday gave the wrong time for the funeral service. It is scheduled for 12:45 P.M. tomorrow at Riverside Memorial Chapel, 76th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky 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.
Oct 31, 2017 · Sidney Chayefsky ("Paddy" was a wartime nickname he preferred) was born in the Bronx on January 29, 1923, into what he called "a standard Jewish family with standard Jewish values." As he grew up, his education focused on literature, music, and, because of his family's love for it, the popular Yiddish theater.
Apr 23, 2019 · Oscar-winning writer Paddy Chayefsky was a Broadway staple and close friend of Bob Fosse. Here's a bit more about the man who inspired Norbert Leo Butz's character on Fosse/Verdon.
Despite an alleged affair with Kim Novak, Paddy and Susan Chayefsky remained together until his death. In the late 1940s, Chayefsky began working full time on short stories and radio scripts, and during this period, he was a gagwriter for radio host Robert Q. Lewis.
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