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List of awards and nominations received by Neil Simon

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Neil Simon.

List of Neil Simon awards
Award Wins Nominations
Academy Awards
 0 4
Primetime Emmy Award
 0 4
Golden Globe Award
 1 3
Tony Award
 4 14

Neil Simon was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He has received numerous accolades including a Pulitzer Prize, four Tony Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards. He has received several honorary awards such as the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1983, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006.

Major associations

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Academy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1968 Best Adapted Screenplay The Odd Couple Nominated [1]
1975 The Sunshine Boys Nominated [1]
1977 Best Original Screenplay The Goodbye Girl Nominated [1]
1978 Best Adapted Screenplay California Suite Nominated [1]

Emmy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1957 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Caesar's Hour Nominated [2]
1958 Caesar's Hour Nominated [2]
1992 Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Special Broadway Bound Nominated [2]
2001 Outstanding Television Movie Laughter on the 23rd Floor Nominated [2]

Tony Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1963 Best Musical Little Me Nominated [3]
1964 Best Play Barefoot in the Park Nominated [3]
1965 The Odd Couple Nominated [3]
1965 Best Author The Odd Couple Won [3]
1968 Best Play Plaza Suite Nominated [3]
1970 Last of the Red Hot Lovers Nominated [3]
1972 The Prisoner of Second Avenue Nominated [3]
1973 The Sunshine Boys Nominated [3]
1975 Special Tony — 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 Broadway Bound Nominated [3]
1991 Lost in Yonkers Won [3]

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1972 Best Screenplay – Motion Picture The Heartbreak Kid Nominated [5]
1975 The Sunshine Boys Nominated [5]
1977 The Goodbye Girl Won [5]

Miscellaneous awards

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American Comedy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1989 Lifetime Achievement Received [6]

Drama Desk Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1991 Outstanding New Play Lost in Yonkers Won [7]

Evening Standard Theatre Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1967 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Sweet Charity Won [8]

New York Drama Critics' Circle

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1965 Best Play The Odd Couple Nominated
1983 Brighton Beach Memoirs Won
1985 Biloxi Blues Nominated

Outer Critics Circle Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1983 Outer Critics Circle Award Brighton Beach Memoirs Won [6]

Writers Guild of America Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1968 Best Written Comedy Barefoot in the Park Nominated [1]
1969 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 The Prisoner of Second Avenue Nominated [7]
1975 The Sunshine Boys Won [1]
1976 Best Original Screenplay Murder by Death Nominated [1]
1977 The Goodbye Girl Nominated [1]
1978 Best Adapted Screenplay California Suite Nominated [1]
1979 Screen Laurel Award — Won [6]

Honorary accolades

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Neil Simon". IMDb.
  2. ^ a b c d "Neil Simon". Television Academy.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Neil Simon Tony Awards Info". www.broadwayworld.com.
  4. ^ Kreps, Daniel (August 26, 2018). "Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, Dead at 91".
  5. ^ a b c "Neil Simon". www.goldenglobes.com.
  6. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b c d e Brennan, Elizabeth A. & Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 131–32. ISBN 9781573561112.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Neil Simon, Broadway's Master of Comedy, Dies at 91". VOA.
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