Thursday, December 22, 2011

Neil Simon’s Awards and Honors


1956, 1957
Emmy Award Nomination for Best Writing in a Variety or Situation Comedy
The Sid Carson Show

1959
Emmy Award Nomination
The Phil Silvers Show

1963
Tony Award Nomination for Best Author of a Musical/ Best Musical Play
Little Me

1964
Tony Award Nomination for Best Play
Barefoot in the Park

1965
Tony Award Winner for Best Dramatic Author
The Odd Couple

1966
Tony Award Nomination for Best Musical
Sweet Charity


1967
Writers Guild Award Nomination for Best Screenplay
Barefoot in the Park

1967
Evening Standard Award

1968
Sam S. Shubert Foundation Award

1968
Academy Award Nomination and Writers Guild Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
The Odd Couple

1969
Tony Award Nomination for Best Musical
Promises, Promises

1970
Tony Award nomination for Best Play
Last of the Red Hot Lovers

1972
Tony Award Nomination for Best Play
The Prisoner on Second Avenue

1973
Writers Guild Award and Tony Award Nomination for Best Play
The Sunshine Boys

1974
Shared Tony Award Nomination for Best Score
The Good Doctor

1975
Academy Award Nomination for Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material
The Sunshine Boys

1975
Tony Award for Over-All Contributions to the Theatre

1975
Writers Guild Award

1977
Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay
The Goodbye Girl

1978
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
The Goodbye Girl

1978
Academy Award Nomination for Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material
California Suite

1978
Tony Award Nomination for Best Play
Chapter Two

1979
Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical
They’re Playing Our Song

1979
Laurel Award, Writers Guild of America

1981
Honorary L.H.D. Degree from Hofstra University

1983
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Play
Brighton Beach Memories

1984
Honorary D.H.C. Degree from Williams College

1985
Tony Award for Best Play
Biloxi Blues

1987
Tony Award for Best Play
Broadway Bound

1989
Lifetime Creative Achievement Award, American Comedy Awards, George Schlatter Production

1991
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Lost in Yonkers

1991
Tony Award for Best Play
Lost in Yonkers

1991
Drama Desk Award for outstanding new Play
Lost in Yonkers

1995
Kennedy Center Honoree

1996
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award

1996
UCLA Medal

1997
William Inge Theater Festival Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater

2006
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

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