Sidney Skolsky

ActorWriterProducer
Born
May 2, 1905
Died
May 3, 1983

The famous columnist Sidney Skolsky, who perhaps has the best claim to having invented the term "Oscar" for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Award of Merit (the official name of the Academy Award, which bore the inscription "First Award for Merit" up until the 1950s), was born in New…

Actor

Don't Make Waves(1967)as Reporter
Follow the Sun(1961)as Reporter
The Right Approach(1961)as Newspaper Columnist
Teacher's Pet(1958)as Sidney Skolsky
Sunset Boulevard(1950)as Sidney Skolsky

Self

The Merv Griffin Show(1962)as Self - columnist
Tomorrow Coast to Coast(1973)as Self
The Joey Bishop Show(1967)as Self
The Legend of Lylah Clare(1968)as Self
Your First Impression(1961)as Self - celebrity guest

Archive Footage

Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe(2011)as Self
Legends(2006)as Sidney Skolsky

Credit Score: Sidney Skolsky

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Sidney Skolsky
Fri Aug 04 1950
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Sunset Boulevard18.0019508.4311261034
2Follow the Sun3.7519617.50095
3Teacher's Pet1.5019587.1025473
4The General Died at Dawn1.0019366.5031452