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List of Elaine May awards

Press photo of May in 1959

Award Wins Nominations
Academy Awards
 0 2
BAFTA Awards
 1 1
Golden Globe Awards
 0 1
Grammy Awards
 1 4
Tony Awards
 1 1

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American comedian, writer, director, producer and actor Elaine May.

She began her career as a improvisational comedian with Mike Nichols during the 1960s. Together, they performed onstage from clubs in Greenwich Village to the Broadway stage. They released multiple comedy albums, receiving four Grammy Award nominations and winning the Best Comedy Album award in 1962 for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May. For her work on film, she has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for her work on Warren Beatty's Heaven Can Wait (1978) and Mike Nichols' Primary Colors (1998). She received an Academy Honorary Award in 2021. For her work on the Broadway stage, she received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for Kenneth Lonergan's revival of The Waverly Gallery in 2019.

In 2013, May was awarded the National Medal of Arts for her lifetime contributions to American comedy by President Barack Obama in a ceremony in the White House. She was awarded for her "groundbreaking wit and a keen understanding of how humor can illuminate our lives, Ms. May has evoked untold joy, challenged expectations, and elevated spirits across our Nation."[1] In 2019, May's film A New Leaf was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]

Major associations[edit]

Academy Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1978 Best Adapted Screenplay Heaven Can Wait (shared with Warren Beatty) Nominated [3][4]
1998 Primary Colors Nominated [3][5]
2021 Academy Honorary Award — Honored [3][6]

British Academy Film Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1999 Best Adapted Screenplay Primary Colors Won [7]

Golden Globe Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1971 Best Actress – Comedy or Musical A New Leaf Nominated [8]

Grammy Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1959 Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word Improvisations to Music Nominated [9]
Best Comedy Album Nominated
1962 An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May Won
1963 Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors Nominated

Tony Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 Best Actress in a Play The Waverly Gallery Won [10]

Critics awards[edit]

National Society of Film Critics[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2000 Best Supporting Actress Small Time Crooks Won [11]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 Career Achievement Award — Honored [12]

Online Film Critics Society[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Best Adapted Screenplay Primary Colors Nominated [13]
2000 Best Supporting Actress Small Time Crooks Nominated [14]

Theatre awards[edit]

Drama Desk Award[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1969 Most Promising Playwright Adaptation Won [15]
2019 Outstanding Actress in a Play The Waverly Gallery Won

Drama League Award[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 Distinguished Performance The Waverly Gallery Nominated [15]

Outer Critics Circle Award[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1969 Special Theatrical Award Adaptation / Next Won [15]
Outstanding Direction of a Play Won
2019 Outstanding Actress in a Play The Waverly Gallery Won

Other awards[edit]

American Comedy Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Lifetime Achievement Award — Honored [16]

Chlotrudis Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Best Supporting Actress Small Time Crooks Nominated [17]

Saturn Awards[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1978 Best Writing Heaven Can Wait (shared with Warren Beatty) Won [18]

USC Scripter Awards[edit]

Year Nominated work Receipts Result Ref.
1999 Primary Colors (based on the novel Primary Colors) Elaine May (screenwriter), Joe Klein (author) Nominated [19]

Writers Guild of America[edit]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1971 Best Adapted Comedy A New Leaf Nominated [16]
1978 Heaven Can Wait (shared with Warren Beatty) Won
1996 Best Adapted Screenplay The Birdcage Nominated
1998 Primary Colors Nominated
2016 Laurel Screenwriting Award — Honored

References[edit]

  1. ^ "President Obama to Award 2012 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal". whitehouse.gov. 3 July 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2016 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ Chow, Andrew R. (December 11, 2019). "See the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry, From Purple Rain to Clerks". Time. New York, NY. Archived from the original on December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Academy Awards Database Search - Elaine May". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  4. ^ "51st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 28, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  5. ^ "71st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 9, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  6. ^ Coyle, Jake (June 24, 2021). "Oscars to honor Elaine May, Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson". Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "BAFTA Awards - Adapted Screenplay in 1999". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  8. ^ "Golden Globes Awards - Elaine May". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  9. ^ "Artist: Elaine May". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on October 24, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "Elaine May, a comedy great with Chicago roots, wins first Tony Award at 87". Chicago Sun-Times. June 10, 2019. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  11. ^ Cardwell, Diane (January 7, 2001). "Critics Group Honors Quirky List of Film Favorites". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  12. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (October 31, 2019). "LAFCA To Honor Elaine May With Career Achievement Award". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  13. ^ "1998 Awards (2nd Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. January 3, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  14. ^ "2000 Awards (4th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. January 3, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  15. ^ a b c "Elaine May". Playbill. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  16. ^ a b McNary, Dave (January 19, 2016). "Elaine May Honored by Writers Guild of America". Variety. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  17. ^ "2001, 7th Annual Awards". Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  18. ^ "Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films - 1979 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  19. ^ "Past Scripter Awards". USC Scripter Award. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

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