Sidney skolsky biography

Actor, gossip columnist, radio personality, screenwriter

Sidney Skolsky (May 2, 1905^{[citation needed]} – May 3, 1983) was an American writer best known as a Hollywood gossip columnist.

Sidney Skolsky (1905-1983) - Find a Grave Memorial

He ranked with Hedda Hopper (with whom he shared a birthday) and Louella Parsons as the premier Hollywood gossip columnists of the first three decades of the sound picture era.

Skolsky was a radio personality in addition to having his own syndicated newspaper column, he was a screenwriter and movie producer who occasionally acted in radio and films.

Skolsky claimed to be the person who gave the nickname "Oscar" to the Academy Award^{[citation needed]} and was credited for the introduction of the use of the word beefcake.^[1]

Biography

Skolsky was born to a Jewish family,^[2] the son of dry goods store proprietor Louis Skolsky and his wife Mildred in New York City.

He studied journalism at New York University before becoming a Broadwaypre Sidney Skolsky - Wikidata CYGY