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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.
In 1956, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Paddy Chayefsky's Middle of the Night. [5] In 1963, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in two Off-Broadway plays, The Typists and The Tiger. [6]
Chayefsky's story of a decent, hard-working Bronx butcher, pining for the company of a woman in his life but despairing of ever finding true love in a relationship, was produced by Fred Coe with associate producer Gordon Duff. [1] The teleplay was adapted into the feature film Marty starring Ernest Borgnine in 1955.
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"The Catered Affair" was written by Paddy Chayefsky and was first shown on May 22, 1955. The cast included Pat Henning, Thelma Ritter, and J. Pat O'Malley. [1] The play was adapted into a 1956 feature film and 2008 stage musical. It was the last original TV play Chayefsky wrote. [2]
“Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan has been tapped to receive the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement at this year’s Writers Guild Awards. The award, chosen by ...
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A Catered Affair is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by John Bucchino.It is based on both the 1956 film The Catered Affair written by Gore Vidal and the original 1955 teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky, set in 1953 in the Bronx.