List of awards and nominations received by Neil Simon
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Neil Simon is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He's received four Tony Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Major associations[]
Academy Awards[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1968 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Odd Couple | Nominated | [1] |
1975 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated | [1] |
1977 | Best Original Screenplay | The Goodbye Girl | Nominated | [1] |
1978 | Best Adapted Screenplay | California Suite | Nominated | [1] |
Emmy Awards[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1957 | Writing for a Variety Special | Caesar's Hour | Nominated | [2] |
1958 | Writing for a Variety Special | Caesar's Hour | Nominated | [2] |
1992 | Writing for a Limited Series or Special | Broadway Bound | Nominated | [2] |
2001 | Television Movie | Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Nominated | [2] |
Tony Awards[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1963 | Best Musical | Little Me | Nominated | [3] |
1964 | Best Play | Barefoot in the Park | Nominated | [3] |
1965 | Best Play | The Odd Couple | Nominated | [3] |
1965 | Best Author | The Odd Couple | Won | [3] |
1968 | Best Play | Plaza Suite | Nominated | [3] |
1970 | Best Play | Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Nominated | [3] |
1972 | Best Play | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Nominated | [3] |
1973 | Best Play | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated | [3] |
1975 | Special Tony | Contribution to the Theatre | Won | [4] |
1978 | Best Play | Chapter Two | Nominated | [3] |
1979 | Best Book of a Musical | They're Playing Our Song | Nominated | [3] |
1985 | Best Play | Biloxi Blues | Won | [3] |
1987 | Best Play | Broadway Bound | Nominated | [3] |
1991 | Best Play | Lost in Yonkers | Won | [3] |
Golden Globe Awards[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1972 | Best Screenplay - Film | The Heartbreak Kid | Nominated | [5] |
1975 | Best Screenplay - Film | The Sunshine Boys | Nominated | [5] |
1977 | Best Screenplay - Film | The Goodbye Girl | Won | [5] |
Writers Guild of America Awards[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1968 | Best Written Comedy | Barefoot in the Park | Nominated | [1] |
1969 | Best Written Comedy | The Odd Couple | Won | [1] |
1970 | Best Original Screenplay | The Out-of-Towners | Won | [1] |
1972 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Heartbreak Kid | Nominated | [1] |
1975 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Nominated | [6] |
1975 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Sunshine Boys | Won | [1] |
1976 | Best Original Screenplay | Murder by Death | Nominated | [1] |
1977 | Best Original Screenplay | The Goodbye Girl | Nominated | [1] |
1978 | Best Adapted Screenplay | California Suite | Nominated | [1] |
1979 | Screen Laurel Award | Life Achievement | Won | [7] |
Other honors and awards[]
- 1967 Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Sweet Charity[8]
- 1968 Sam S. Shubert Award[8][6]
- 1972 Cue Entertainer of the Year Award[8]
- 1981 Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University[7]
- 1983 American Theater Hall of Fame[8]
- 1983 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award – Brighton Beach Memoirs[8][7]
- 1983 Outer Critics Circle Award – Brighton Beach Memoirs[7]
- 1986 New York State Governor's Award[7]
- 1989 American Comedy Awards – Lifetime Achievement[7]
- 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play – Lost in Yonkers[6]
- 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Lost in Yonkers[8]
- 1995 Kennedy Center Honoree[7][9]
- 2006 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor[10]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "Neil Simon". IMDb.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Neil Simon". Television Academy.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Neil Simon Tony Awards Info". www.broadwayworld.com.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (August 26, 2018). "Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, Dead at 91".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Neil Simon". www.goldenglobes.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Guernsey, Otis L.; Sweet, Jeffrey (1992). The Applause-Best Plays Theater Yearbook, 1990–1991: The Complete Broadway and Off-Broadway Sourcebook. Milwaukee, WI: Applause Books. pp. 183–185. ISBN 978-1557831071.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Konas, Gary (1997). Neil Simon: A Casebook. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–14. ISBN 9780815321323.
Azenberg... has produced every one of Neil Simon's 17 plays since 1973's The Sunshine Boys, with number 18 in the works.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Brennan, Elizabeth A. & Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 131–32. ISBN 9781573561112.
- ^ Gardner, Elysa (August 26, 2018). "America's playwright Neil Simon, who wrote 'The Odd Couple' and 'Sweet Charity,' has died". USA Today. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ^ "Neil Simon, Broadway's Master of Comedy, Dies at 91". VOA.
External links[]
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- List of awards and nominations received by Neil Simon at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Neil Simon at Curlie
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- video: "Neil Simon's Broadway" on YouTube, 6 minutes
- The Neil Simon Festival
- PBS article, American Masters
- James Lipton (Winter 1992). "Neil Simon, The Art of Theater No. 10". The Paris Review.
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- Theatre-related lists of superlatives
- Works by Neil Simon
- Lists of awards received by writer