'''Sidney Aaron Chayefsky''' (January_29, 1923 - August_1, 1981) known as '''Paddy Chayefsky''' was an acclaimed dramatist who transitioned from the golden age of American live television in the 1950s to have a successful career as a Playwright and Screenwriter for Hollywood.
He was born in the Bronx,_New_York in 1923 to Russian Jewish parents. He studied at the City_College_of_New_York and Fordham_University and served in the U.S. Army during World War II, for which he was awarded a Purple_Heart.
He began writing for a living in the 1940s. His work on ''Marty'', first as a live production for television in 1953 and then for film two years later, gave him his first major success. The film, starring Ernest_Borgnine, won the Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture. Chayefsky's work on that and other teleplays inspired comparisons with Arthur_Miller, and he received an Academy Award for his work on the screenplay. He focused on screenplays after the success with ''Marty'', with films such as ''The Goddess'' (for which he received an Oscar nomination) and ''The Bachelor Party''. In the 1960s his writing credits included ''The Americanization of Emily'' and ''Paint_Your_Wagon''. He went on to win two more Oscars for his work on ''The_Hospital'' (1971) and the film for which he is best known, ''Network'', for both of which he also received Golden_Globe awards. His last screenplay was based on his novel ''Altered_States'', though on the film he was credited under his real first and middle name, Sidney Aaron, because of disputes with the director.
He is known for his comments during the 1978 Oscar telecast after Vanessa_Redgrave, when she went to accept her award for Best Supporting Actress in ''Julia'', made a controversial speech denouncing Zionism by the Israeli government. He made a comment during the program immediately after hers in which he stated that he was upset by her using the event to make an irrelevant political viewpoint during a film award program. He said, "I would like to suggest to Miss Redgrave that her winning an Academy Award is not a pivotal moment in history, does not require a proclamation and a simple 'Thank you' would have sufficed."
Paddy Chayefsky died in New York City of cancer in 1981 at the age of 58, and was interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.
==External links==
*Profile from The Museum of Broadcast Communications
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