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    Paddy Chayefsky

    1923-01-29 (101 years old) in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

    Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for "Marty" (1955), "The Hospital" (1971), and "Network" (1976). He is the only person to have won both the Academy Awards for adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. His intimate, realistic scripts provided a naturalistic style of television drama for the 1950s, dramatizing the lives of ordinary Americans.

    Movies

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    Faye
    68 %|May 15, 2024
    Documentary
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    The Hospital
    65.67999999999999 %|Dec 14, 1971
    Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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    Marty
    74 %|Apr 11, 1955
    Drama, Romance
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    A Double Life
    63 %|Dec 25, 1947
    Drama, Thriller

    Series

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    The Dick Cavett Show
    66 %|Jun 6, 1968
    Talk
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    The David Susskind Show
    50 %|Jan 18, 1959
    Talk
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953