Neil Simon
Year Nominated work Category Result
1963 Best Musical Little Me Nominated
1964 Best Play Barefoot in the Park Nominated
1965 Best Play The Odd Couple Nominated
1965 Best Author The Odd Couple Won
1968 Best Play Plaza Suite Nominated
1970 Best Play Last of the Red Hot Lovers Nominated
1972 Best Play The Prisoner of Second Avenue Nominated
1973 Best Play The Sunshine Boys Nominated
1975 Special Tony Contribution to the Theatre Won
1978 Best Play Chapter Two Nominated
1979 Best Book of a Musical They 're Playing Our Song Nominated
1985 Best Play Biloxi Blues Won
1987 Best Play Broadway Bound Nominated
1991 Best Play Lost in Yonkers Won
Awards and Nominations -- Tony Awards
Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 - August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression. His parents' financial difficulties affected their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters, where he enjoyed watching early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After graduating from high school and serving a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, he began writing comedy scripts for radio programs and popular early television shows. Among the latter were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, (where in 1950 he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Selma Diamond) and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. His first produced play was Come Blow Your Horn (1961). It took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successes, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965). He won a Tony Award for the latter.