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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 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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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 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 ...
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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 ...
Oct 31, 2017 · Learn about the life and career of Paddy Chayefsky, the foremost dramatist of television's golden age and the first television writer to win an Oscar. Explore his acclaimed works, such as Marty, The Catered Affair, and Network, and his influence on the medium.
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