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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.
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.
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.
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.
He joined the U.S. Army during World War II, where he received both a Purple Heart and the nickname Paddy. Serving in the 104th Infantry Division, Chayefsky was near Aachen , Germany when he was wounded, reportedly by a land mine.
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...
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.
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.
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Sep 1, 2000 · Mad As Hell: The Life and Work of Paddy Chayefsky. Paperback – September 1, 2000. That Paddy Chayefsky was the greatest writer ever to emerge from television's fabled "Golden Age" is unquestionable.
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Oct 31, 2017 · Paddy Chayefsky, the bard of the home screen, the man who gave television writers a stature they had never before enjoyed, died on August 1, 1981. This tribute originally appeared in the Television Academy Hall of Fame program celebrating Paddy Chayefsky’s induction in 1984.
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