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Paddy Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist who won three Academy Awards for his films Marty, The Hospital and Network. He was also a pioneer of television drama and a satirist of American society.
Paddy Chayefsky was an American playwright and screenwriter who won three Oscars for his original and adapted screenplays. He wrote classics such as Marty, The Hospital, and Network, and was one of the most influential dramatists of the Golden Age of Television.
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Sep 1, 2024 · 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 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...
May 19, 2011 · The screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky left behind a large cache of his notes for his incendiary, Oscar-winning script for “Network.”
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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.
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Jan 29, 2011 · A tribute to the late screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky, who won three Academy awards for his realistic and satirical films. Learn about his life, work, influences and legacy in TV and cinema.