• Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (/ˌtʃaɪˈ(j)ɛfski/; January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only...
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  • Network (1976 film) (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    satirical black comedy drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky. It is about a fictional television network and its struggle with poor...
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  • Altered States (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    directed by Ken Russell and adapted by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky from his 1978 novel of the same name. The novel and the film are based...
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  • The Bachelor Party (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    "The Bachelor Party" is a 1953 television play by Paddy Chayefsky which was adapted by Chayefsky for a 1957 film. The play premiered to critical acclaim...
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    and Midnight in Paris (2011)). Paddy Chayefsky and Billy Wilder have also won three screenwriting Oscars: Chayefsky won two for Original Screenplay (The...
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    Marty (film) (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    Delbert Mann in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay, which was broadcast on The Philco-Goodyear...
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    films, which included The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) with Julie Andrews; Cash McCall...
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    Middle of the Night (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    Fredric March. This story of a May-December romance was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from his own 1954 teleplay and 1956 Broadway play, both of the same...
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  • Marty (The Philco Television Playhouse) (category Plays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    "Marty" is a 1953 television play by Paddy Chayefsky. It was telecast live May 24, 1953, on The Philco Television Playhouse with Rod Steiger in the title...
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  • footballer Paddy Chayefsky (1923–81), American playwright, screenwriter and novelist Paddy Clancy (1922–98), Irish folk singer Paddy Considine (born 1973)...
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  • The Hospital (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    Herbert Bock. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Chayefsky also narrates the film and...
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  • Release. "Television Comedy Writer Merrill Markoe to Receive WGAW'S 2020 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement". wga.org. Retrieved...
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  • respectively. Norbert Leo Butz and Margaret Qualley are also featured as Paddy Chayefsky and Ann Reinking, respectively. Fosse/Verdon premiered on FX on April...
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  • of the same name which had an Academy Award–winning screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky and was directed by Sidney Lumet. The play premiered in the Lyttleton...
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    Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Paddy Chayefsky's Middle of the Night. In 1963, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress...
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  • first Chayefsky theater work [...] and displayed his gift for picturesque speech and penchant for themes of mysticism." Minyan Paddy Chayefsky obituary...
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  • Paint Your Wagon (film) (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg. The film was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from the 1951 musical Paint Your Wagon by Lerner and Loewe. It is set...
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    Taradash * 1955: On the Waterfront – Budd Schulberg * 1956: Marty – Paddy Chayefsky * 1957: Friendly Persuasion – Michael Wilson 1958: 12 Angry Men – Reginald...
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    for seven Oscars. Hiller collaborated on films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other films were The Americanization of Emily...
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  • was in 1971's The Hospital starring George C. Scott and written by Paddy Chayefsky. During the 1970s he had roles in films including The Great Gatsby...
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  • Ransohoff's company, Filmways, had a deal with MGM to provide financing. Paddy Chayefsky, who had just written The Americanization of Emily for Ransohoff, was...
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    The Americanization of Emily (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    black-and-white black comedy anti-war film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky, and starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn...
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    Bronx, in a building which was also the childhood home of Neil Simon, Paddy Chayefsky, Calvin Klein, and Ralph Lauren. She began her career as a tap dancer...
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  • The Goddess (1958 film) (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    Cromwell and starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. From a screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky, the film is an in-depth character study of the life of a troubled...
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    Getty 3 episodes The First Matthew Dawes 2 episodes 2019 Fosse/Verdon Paddy Chayefsky Miniseries Madam Secretary Lochlainn Heeney, Jr. 2 episodes 2021 Debris...
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    as the winner several years later. Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Paddy Chayefsky, Francis Ford Coppola, Horton Foote, William Goldman, Robert Benton...
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  • reviews of live television dramas, notably teleplays by JP Miller, Paddy Chayefsky and Reginald Rose. At that time, it was sometimes used synonymously...
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  • who had offered a bounty to have her killed. Academy Award winner Paddy Chayefsky responded later during the ceremony while presenting an award, saying...
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  • series Legends of Tomorrow Gideon (play), a 1961 Broadway drama by Paddy Chayefsky Gideon (TV series), an early 1980s children's TV cartoon series Gideon's...
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  • performance ever to win an acting Oscar (Best Supporting Actress). Paddy Chayefsky won his third solo writing Oscar for Network, a record that remains...
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