Paddy Chayefsky
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Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both Adapted and Original screenplays.
Chayefsky in 1956
Ed Wynn and Kathleen Crowley in "The Great American Hoax" (1957), for The 20th Century Fox Hour
Chayefsky in 1958
Paddy Chayefsky's grave in Kensico Cemetery
Marty (film)
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Marty is a 1955 American romantic drama film directed by Delbert Mann in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay, which was broadcast on
Paddy Chayefsky
…his critically acclaimed teleplays, Chayefsky became a noted playwright and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, he received three Academy Awards for Marty (1955), The Hospital (1971) and Network (1976). The movie Marty was based on his own television drama about two lonely people finding love. Network was…
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Ernest Borgnine with Betsy Blair in the trailer for Marty, 1955