+ List of Neil Simon awards Award Wins NominationsAcademy AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardGolden Globe AwardTony Award
This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Neil Simon.
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 Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1968Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Odd Couple 1975The Sunshine Boys 1977Best Original ScreenplayThe Goodbye Girl 1978Best Adapted ScreenplayCalifornia Suite
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1957Outstanding Writing for a Variety SpecialCaesar's Hour 1958 1992Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or SpecialBroadway Bound 2001Outstanding Television MovieLaughter on the 23rd Floor
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1963 Best Musical Little Me 1964Best Play Barefoot in the Park 1965The Odd Couple 1965 Best Author 1968Best Play Plaza Suite 1970 Last of the Red Hot Lovers 1972 The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1973 The Sunshine Boys 1975 Special Tony 1978Best Play Chapter Two 1979 Best Book of a Musical They're Playing Our Song 1985Best Play Biloxi Blues 1987 Broadway Bound 1991 Lost in Yonkers
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1972Best Screenplay – Motion PictureThe Heartbreak Kid 1975The Sunshine Boys 1977The Goodbye Girl
Miscellaneous awards American Comedy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1989 Lifetime Achievement
Drama Desk Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1991 Outstanding New Play Lost in Yonkers
Evening Standard Theatre Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1967 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Sweet Charity
New York Drama Critics' Circle Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1965 Best Play The Odd Couple 1983 Brighton Beach Memoirs 1985 Biloxi Blues
Outer Critics Circle Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1983 Outer Critics Circle Award Brighton Beach Memoirs
Writers Guild of America Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1968Best Written ComedyBarefoot in the Park 1969The Odd Couple 1970Best Original ScreenplayThe Out-of-Towners 1972Best Adapted ScreenplayThe Heartbreak Kid 1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1975The Sunshine Boys 1976Best Original ScreenplayMurder by Death 1977The Goodbye Girl 1978Best Adapted ScreenplayCalifornia Suite 1979 Screen Laurel Award
Honorary accolades 1968 Sam S. Shubert Award 1972 Cue Entertainer of the Year Award 1981 Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University 1983 American Theater Hall of Fame 1986 New York State Governor's Award 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Lost in Yonkers 1995 Kennedy Center Honoree 2006 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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External links
video: , 6 minutes The Neil Simon Festival PBS article, American Masters