![]() Press photo of May in 1959 | ||
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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by the American comedian and filmmaker Elaine May.
May is an American comedian, writer, director, producer and actor who is known for her work on film, television and theatre. She started 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.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1978 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Heaven Can Wait | Nominated | [1][2] |
1998 | Primary Colors | Nominated | [2][3] | |
2021 | Academy Honorary Award | Honoree | [2][4] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1959 | Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word | Improvisations to Music | Nominated | [5] |
Best Comedy Album | Nominated | |||
1962 | An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May | Won | ||
1963 | Mike Nichols & Elaine May Examine Doctors | Nominated |
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2019 | Best Actress in a Play | The Waverly Gallery | Won | [6] |
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1999 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Primary Colors | Won | [7] |
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1971 | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | A New Leaf | Nominated | [8] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1971 | Best Adapted Comedy | A New Leaf | Nominated | |
1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Won | ||
1996 | Best Adapted Screenplay | The Birdcage | Nominated | |
1998 | Primary Colors | Nominated | ||
2016 | Laurel Screenwriting Award | — | Honoree | [9] |
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2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Small Time Crooks | Won |
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2019 | Career Achievement Award | — | Won | [10] |
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1969 | Most Promising Playwright | Adaptation | Won | [11] |
2019 | Outstanding Actress in a Play | The Waverly Gallery | Won |
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2019 | Distinguished Performance | The Waverly Gallery | Nominated | [11] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1969 | Special Theatrical Award | Adaptation / Next | Won | [11] |
Outstanding Direction of a Play | Won | |||
2019 | Outstanding Actress in a Play | The Waverly Gallery | Won |