• 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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    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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    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 of the same name, which was broadcast...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Wasson. Norbert Leo Butz and Margaret Qualley are also featured as Paddy Chayefsky and Ann Reinking, respectively. It premiered in eight parts on April...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    of television (where Rod Serling, John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn, Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet worked in their earlier years), both of which severely...
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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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    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 Passion of Josef D. (category Plays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    a play by Paddy Chayefsky based on the life of Josef Stalin. It only had a short run on Broadway in 1964 despite being directed by Chayefsky himself 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    screenwriter Marion Segal Freed. She was honored with the Writers' Guild's Paddy Chayefsky Award in 2005 and inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame...
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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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    next several generations of playwrights, including Arthur Miller, Paddy Chayefsky, Neil Simon, and David Mamet. After the production of his play Clash...
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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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    Middle of the Night (category Films with screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky)
    It stars Fredric March and Kim Novak. The screenplay was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from his Broadway play of the same name. A 24-year-old divorcee, Betty...
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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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    Award–winning screenwriter and award presenter at that year's ceremony Paddy Chayefsky and sparked controversy. In his biography of Redgrave, Dan Callahan...
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