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

Academy Awards

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

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1957	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special	Caesar's Hour	Nominated	[2]
1958			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

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		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

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

American Comedy Awards

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

Drama Desk Awards

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

Evening Standard Theatre Awards

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

New York Drama Critics' Circle

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

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

Writers Guild of America Awards

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

• 1968 Sam S. Shubert Award^[8][7]
• 1972 Cue Entertainer of the Year Award^[8]
• 1981 Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University^[6]
• 1983 American Theater Hall of Fame^[8]
• 1986 New York State Governor's Award^[6]
• 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Lost in Yonkers^[8]
• 1995 Kennedy Center Honoree^[6][9]
• 2006 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor^[10]