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Notes: While [[Judy Garland]] and [[Bette Midler]] never received any Tony nominations, they have each won a Special Tony Award, in addition to receiving at least one nomination in competitive categories for each of the other three awards. Only one artist, [[Lynn Redgrave]], has been nominated at least once for each of the four awards without winning any.
Notes: While [[Judy Garland]] and [[Bette Midler]] never received any Tony nominations, they have each won a Special Tony Award, in addition to receiving at least one nomination in competitive categories for each of the other three awards. Only one artist, [[Lynn Redgrave]], has been nominated at least once for each of the four awards without winning any.

==Two awards for the same work==
===Grammy Award and Academy Award===
# [[John Addison]] for scoring ''[[Tom Jones (film)|Tom Jones]]''.
# [[Julie Andrews]] won an Oscar for her role as [[Mary Poppins]] in the 1964 [[Mary Poppins (film)|film of the same name]] and a Grammy for [[Grammy Award for Best Album for Children|Best Recording for Children]] for the film's soundtrack album.
# [[Joseph Brooks (songwriter)|Joseph Brooks]] for writing the song "[[You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life]]"
# [[Eminem]] for the song "[[Lose Yourself]]"
# [[Michael Giacchino]] for scoring ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''.
# [[Marvin Hamlisch]], [[Alan Bergman]] and [[Marilyn Bergman]] for writing the song "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]"
# [[James Horner]] for composing the song "[[My Heart Will Go On]]" from ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''
# [[Elton John]] for composing (Academy Award) and singing (Grammy Award) "[[Can You Feel the Love Tonight]]"
# [[Randy Newman]] twice, for writing "[[If I Didn't Have You]]" from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' and for writing "[[We Belong Together (Randy Newman song)|We Belong Together]]" from ''[[Toy Story 3]]''
# [[André Previn]] twice for scoring ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' and ''[[Porgy and Bess (film)|Porgy and Bess]]''
# [[Carly Simon]] for "[[Let the River Run]]"
# [[Barbra Streisand]] for co-writing the song "Love Theme From ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (Evergreen)"
# [[A. R. Rahman]] for writing "[[Jai Ho]]" from ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''.
# [[Sid Ramin]] for scoring ''[[West Side Story (film)|West Side Story]]''
# [[Tim Rice]] for co-writing the song "[[A Whole New World]]"
# [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], [[David Byrne]], and [[Cong Su]], for scoring ''[[The Last Emperor]]''.
# [[Bruce Springsteen]] for "[[Streets of Philadelphia]]"
# [[John Williams]] 4 times, for scoring the films ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'', ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', and ''[[Schindler's List]]''.

=== Tony Award and Academy Award (for the same role) ===
# [[Jack Albertson]] for his performances as '''John Cleary''' in the [[The Subject Was Roses|1964 play]] and the [[The Subject Was Roses|1968 film]] ''The Subject Was Roses''
# [[Anne Bancroft]] for her performances as '''[[Annie Sullivan]]''' in the [[The Miracle Worker|1959 play]] and the [[The Miracle Worker (1962 film)|1962 film]] ''The Miracle Worker''
# [[Shirley Booth]] for her performances as '''Lola Delaney''' in the [[Come Back, Little Sheba (play)|1950 play]] and the [[Come Back, Little Sheba (1952 film)|1952 film]] ''Come Back, Little Sheba''
# [[Yul Brynner]] for his performances as '''[[Mongkut|The King]]''' in the [[The King and I|1951 play]] and the [[The King and I (1956 film)|1956 film]] ''The King and I''
# [[José Ferrer]] for his performances as '''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]''' in the [[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|1946 play]] and the [[Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)|1950 film]] ''Cyrano de Bergerac''
# [[Joel Grey]] for his performances as '''Emcee''' in the [[Cabaret (musical)|1966 play]] and the [[Cabaret (film)|1972 film]] ''Cabaret''
# [[Rex Harrison]] for his performances as '''Henry Higgins''' in the [[My Fair Lady|1957 play]] and the [[My Fair Lady (film)|1964 film]] ''My Fair Lady''
# [[Lila Kedrova]] for her performances as '''Madame Hortense''' in the 1964 film ''[[Zorba the Greek]]'' and the 1983 revival of the musical ''[[Zorba (musical)|Zorba]]''
# [[Paul Scofield]] for his performances as '''[[Sir Thomas More]]''' in the [[A Man for All Seasons|1962 play]] and the [[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|1966 film]] ''A Man for All Seasons''

===Tony Award and Emmy Award (for the same role)===
# [[Nell Carter]] for her performances in the 1978 musical and the 1982 musical special ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)|Ain't Misbehavin']]''
# [[Ed Flanders]] for his performances as '''Phil Hogan''' in the 1973 play and the 1975 teleplay ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
# [[Mary Martin]] for her performances as '''Peter''' in the 1954 musical and the 1955 teleplay ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]''
# [[Robert Morse]] for his performances as '''[[Truman Capote]]''' in the 1990 play and the 1992 teleplay ''[[Tru (play)|Tru]]''
# [[Jessica Tandy]] for her performances as '''Annie Nations''' in the 1983 play and the 1987 teleplay ''[[Foxfire (play)|Foxfire]]''
# [[Jeffrey Wright (actor)|Jeffrey Wright]] for his performances as '''Mr. Lies/Belize/Homeless Man/The Angel Europa''' in the 1994 play and the 2003 mini-series ''[[Angels in America]]''

===Tony Award and Grammy Award===
#[[Elton John]] for composing the music for ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]''.
#[[Tim Rice]] for writing lyrics for the songs in ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]''.
#[[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] for composing the music for "[[In the Heights]]".
#[[Trey Parker]], [[Matt Stone]], and [[Bobby Lopez]] for composing the music and writing the lyrics for "[[The Book of Mormon (musical)|The Book of Mormon]]".


==Summary==
==Summary==

Revision as of 01:01, 13 February 2012

"EGOT" redirects here. For other uses, see EGOT (disambiguation).

This is a list of people who have won all four major annual American entertainment awards, the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony—abbreviated EGOT, or sometimes GATE ("A" for "Academy").[1][2][3] These awards honor outstanding achievements in, respectively, television, music or other audio recording, film, and theater.[4] Winning all four awards has been referred to as winning the Grand Slam of show business.[5][6] The acronym EGOT was invented by actor Philip Michael Thomas and was used as a plot device in several episodes of the TV series 30 Rock.[7][8]

Four awards

To date, eleven artists have won all four awards in competitive categories. They are: actors John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno, Whoopi Goldberg; composers Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers, and Jonathan Tunick; director/screenwriter Mel Brooks; director Mike Nichols and producer Scott Rudin.[4] Two of these artists, Rodgers and Hamlisch, have also won the Pulitzer Prize.

Three other performers, Liza Minnelli, James Earl Jones and Barbra Streisand, have also won all four awards, although one of the awards was non-competitive, i.e. special or honorary in nature (Streisand's Tony, Minnelli's Grammy, and Jones' Oscar).[4]

The eleven artists who won competitive awards are listed below.

Artist Year 1st Award 2nd Award 3rd Award 4th Award
Richard Rodgers 1962 1945 Academy Award 1950 Tony Award ¹, ² 1960 Grammy Award ¹ 1962 Emmy Award
Helen Hayes 1976 1932 Academy Award ¹ 1947 Tony Award ¹, ² 1953 Emmy Award 1976 Grammy Award
Rita Moreno 1977 1961 Academy Award 1972 Grammy Award 1975 Tony Award 1977 Emmy Award ¹
John Gielgud 1991 1961 Tony Award ¹, ² 1979 Grammy Award 1981 Academy Award 1991 Emmy Award
Audrey Hepburn 1994 1953 Academy Award ² 1954 Tony Award ² 1993 Emmy Award 1994 Grammy Award
Marvin Hamlisch 1995 1973 Academy Award ¹ 1974 Grammy Award ¹ 1976 Tony Award 1995 Emmy Award ¹
Jonathan Tunick 1997 1977 Academy Award 1982 Emmy Award 1988 Grammy Award 1997 Tony Award
Mel Brooks 2001 1967 Emmy Award ¹ 1968 Academy Award 1998 Grammy Award ¹ 2001 Tony Award ¹
Mike Nichols 2001 1961 Grammy Award 1964 Tony Award ¹ 1967 Academy Award 2001 Emmy Award ¹
Whoopi Goldberg 2002 1985 Grammy Award 1990 Academy Award 2002 Daytime Emmy Award ¹, ² 2002 Tony Award
Scott Rudin 2012 1984 Emmy Award 1994 Tony Award ¹ 2007 Academy Award 2012 Grammy Award

Notes - (1) the artist subsequently won an additional competitive award (or awards) - (2) the artist also received an honorary or non-competitive award (or awards).


The following are the three artists whose awards were not exclusively competitive, but also included special or honorary awards.

Artist Year 1st Award 2nd Award 3rd Award 4th Award
Barbra Streisand 1970 1963 Grammy Award 1965 Emmy Award 1968 Academy Award 1970 Special Tony Award
Liza Minnelli 1990 1965 Tony Award 1972 Academy Award 1973 Emmy Award 1990 Special Grammy Award
James Earl Jones 2011 1969 Tony Award 1977 Grammy Award 1991 Emmy Award 2011 Special Academy Award

Grand Slam winners

Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers became the first person to win all four awards in 1962.

Richard Rodgers (1902–1979), a composer, received his fourth distinct award in 1962. Between 1945 and 1979, Rodgers received a total of 13 awards.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1945 : Best Song - "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1962 : Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed - Winston Churchill-The Valiant Years
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1960 : Best Show Album (Original Cast) - The Sound of Music
  2. 1962 : Best Original Cast Show Album - No Strings
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1950 : Best Musical - South Pacific
  2. 1950 : Best Producers, Musical - South Pacific
  3. 1950 : Best Score - South Pacific
  4. 1952 : Best Musical - The King and I
  5. 1960 : Best Musical - The Sound of Music
  6. 1962 : Best Composer - No Strings
  • Special Awards:
  1. 1962 : Special Tony Award "for all he has done for young people in the theatre and for taking the men of the orchestra out of the pit and putting them onstage in No Strings"
  2. 1972 : Special Tony Award
  3. 1979 : Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes became the second person and first woman to win all four awards in 1976.

Helen Hayes (1900–1993), an actress, received her fourth distinct award in 1976. Between 1932 and 1980, Hayes received a total of 7 awards. She was the first woman to win all four awards. She also has the distinction of the longest timespan (44 years) between her first and last award of any Showbiz Award Grand Slam winner.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1932 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
  2. 1970 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Airport
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1953 : Best Actress - Schlitz Playhouse of Stars for the episode "Not a Chance"
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1976 : Best Spoken Word Recording - Great American Documents
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1947 : Best Actress, Dramatic - Happy Birthday
  2. 1958 : Best Actress, Dramatic - Time Remembered
  • Special Awards:
  1. 1980 : Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno became the third person and first Hispanic person to win all four awards in 1977.

Rita Moreno (born 1931), an actress, received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1961 and 1978, Moreno received a total of 5 awards.[10] She is also the first Hispanic winner, the first winner to have won a Grammy in a singing category, and the first winner to win a Grammy as their second award (both previous winners won Tonys as their second award).

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1961 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - West Side Story
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1977 : Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music - The Muppet Show
  2. 1978 : Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series - The Rockford Files for the episode The Paper Palace
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1972 : Best Recording For Children - The Electric Company
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1975 : Best Featured or Supporting Actress in a Play - The Ritz

John Gielgud

John Gielgud became the fourth person and, at age 87, the oldest person to ever win all four awards in 1991.

Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000), an actor, received his fourth distinct award in 1991. Between 1948 and 1991, Gielgud received a total of 6 awards. Gielgud was the first winner to win any award other than the Oscar as their first award (his first award was a Tony). At age 87 when he won his Emmy, he was also the oldest winner.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1981 : Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1991 : Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Summer's Lease
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1979 : Best Spoken Word Documentary or Drama - Ages of Man
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1948 : Winner for Outstanding Foreign Company - The Importance of Being Earnest
  2. 1961 : Best Director of a Drama - Big Fish, Little Fish
  • Special Awards:
  1. 1959 : Special Tony Award "for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play Ages of Man"

Notes: Gielgud also won 2 Golden Globe Awards. A televised version of his Ages of Man also received an Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Program in 1966.

Audrey Hepburn

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Audrey Hepburn became the fifth person to win all four awards and the first person to complete the feat posthumously in 1994.

Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993), an actress, received her fourth distinct award posthumously in 1994. Between 1953 and 1994, Hepburn received a total of 6 awards. She was the fifth person to complete the feat and the first to do so posthumously. She was also the first winner to win two of their awards in consecutive awards shows (the 1994 Grammys were the first Grammys since her win at the 1993 Emmys).

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1953 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Roman Holiday
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1993 : Outstanding Individual Achievement, Informational Programming - Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1994 : Best Spoken Word Album for Children - Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1954 : Best Actress in a Drama - Ondine
  • Special Awards:
  1. 1968 : Special Tony Award, Special Achievement Award
  2. 1993 : Special Academy Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Notes: Audrey Hepburn also won three Golden Globe Awards.

Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch (right) became the sixth person to win all four awards in 1995. He has the most Oscars of any EGOT winners, as well as the most Grammys, if Barbara Streisand is not counted.

Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944), a composer, received his fourth distinct award in 1995. Between 1973 and 2001, Hamlisch received a total of 12 awards. Hamlisch has the most Oscars of any Grand Slam winners (3). He is the first winner to have won "General Field" Grammys (Song of the Year and Best New Artist). He is also the only Grand Slam winner to have won multiple awards for the same work (The Way We Were won both the Oscar for Best Original Song and the Grammy for Song of the Year).

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1973: Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - The Way We Were
  2. 1973: Best Music, Original Song - The Way We Were
  3. 1973: Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - The Sting
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1995 : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
  2. 1995 : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
  3. 1999 : Outstanding Music and Lyrics - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
  4. 2001 : Outstanding Music Direction - Timeless: Live in Concert
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1974: Song Of The Year - The Way We Were
  2. 1974: Best New Artist Of The Year
  3. 1974: Best Pop Instrumental Performance - The Entertainer
  4. 1974: Album Of Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special - The Way We Were
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1976 : Best Musical Score - A Chorus Line

Jonathan Tunick

Jonathan Tunick (born 1938), a composer, conductor, and music arranger, received his fourth distinct award in 1997. Between 1977 and 1997, Tunick received a total of 4 awards. Tunick is the first Grand Slam winner to have won an Emmy as their second award as well as the first to win the Tony as their fourth award.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1977 : Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score - A Little Night Music
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1982 : Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction - Night of 100 Stars
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1988 : Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals - "No One Is Alone", Cleo Laine
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1997 : Best Orchestrations - Titanic

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks became the eighth person to win all four awards in 2001 as well as the first person to win the Emmy as the first of the four awards.

Mel Brooks (born 1926), a director, writer and actor, received his fourth distinct award in June 2001. Between 1968 and 2002, Brooks received a total of 11 awards.[12] Brooks was the first person to win the Emmy as the first award, and the first winner to have won their Oscar for screenplay writing.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1968 : Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - The Producers
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1967 : Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety - The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
  2. 1997 : Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Mad About You
  3. 1998 : Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Mad About You
  4. 1999 : Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Mad About You
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1998 : Best Spoken Comedy Album - The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000
  2. 2002 : Best Long Form Music Video - Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
  3. 2002 : Best Musical Show Album - The Producers
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 2001 : Best Book of a Musical - The Producers
  2. 2001 : Best Original Score - The Producers
  3. 2001 : Best Musical - The Producers

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (born 1931), a director, received his fourth distinct award in November 2001. Between 1961 and 2005, Nichols received a total of 14 awards. Nichols was the first person to complete the Grand Slam in the same year in which another individual (Mel Brooks) had previously completed it. Nichols was also the first slam winner to win the Grammy as their first award, the first winner to have won multiple awards (an Oscar, several Tonys, and two Emmys) for directing, and has the most Tony awards (8) of any Grand Slam winner.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1967 : Best Director - The Graduate
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 2001 : Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - Wit
  2. 2001 : Outstanding Made for Television Movie - Wit as Executive Producer
  3. 2004 : Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - Angels in America
  4. 2004 : Outstanding Miniseries - Angels in America as Executive Producer
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1961 : Best Comedy Performance - An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1964 : Best Director, Dramatic - Barefoot in the Park
  2. 1965 : Best Director, Dramatic - Luv and The Odd Couple
  3. 1968 : Best Director, Dramatic - Plaza Suite
  4. 1972 : Best Director, Dramatic - The Prisoner of Second Avenue
  5. 1977 : Best Musical - Annie as Producer
  6. 1984 : Best Director, Play - The Real Thing
  7. 1984 : Best Play - The Real Thing as Producer
  8. 2005 : Best Director, Musical - Monty Python's Spamalot

Notes: Nichols also won a Golden Globe Award.

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg (the most recent winner) became the tenth winner, first winner to win two of their awards in the same year, and first African American winner in 2002.

Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955), an actress, received her fourth distinct award in 2002. Between 1985 and 2009, Goldberg received a total of 6 awards.[13] Goldberg is the most recent winner, the first African American winner, the first to win the Oscar as their second award, and the first to win two of their awards in the same year (she won both her first Daytime Emmy and her Tony in 2002).

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1990 : Best Supporting Actress, Ghost
  • Daytime Emmy Awards:
  1. 2002 : Outstanding Special Class Special - Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (Host)
  2. 2009 : Outstanding Talk Show Host - The View (co-host)
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1985 : Best Comedy Recording - Whoopi Goldberg—Original Broadway Show Recording
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 2002 : Best Musical - Thoroughly Modern Millie (co-producer)
  • Special Awards:
  1. 1997 : Special Emmy Award, Governors Award, for the seven Comic Relief Benefit Specials

Notes: Goldberg is also two-time Golden Globe winner. Although she has never won a competitive Primetime Emmy award, she has been nominated several times. The fact that she does not have a competitive Primetime Emmy Award has lead to debate over her inclusion in the ""official list". In the 30 Rock episode Dealbreakers Talk Show#0001, Goldberg (playing herself) addresses this when questioned by character Tracy Jordan about her Daytime Emmy: "It still counts! A girl's gotta eat!"

Scott Rudin

Scott Rudin (born 1958), a producer, received his fourth distinct award in 2012. Between 1984 and 2012, Goldberg received a total of 4 awards. Rudin is the most recent winner, the first Producer winner.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 2007 : Best Picture, No Country For Old Men (co-producer)
  • Primetime Emmy Awards:
  1. 1984 : Outstanding Children's Program - He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 2012 : Best Musical Theater Album - The Book of Mormon
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1994 : Best Musical - Passions
  2. 2000 : Best Play - Copenhagen
  3. 2005 : Best Play - Doubt
  4. 2006 : Best Play - The History Boys
  5. 2009 : Best Play - God of Carnage
  6. 2010 : Best Revival of a Play - Fences
  7. 2011 : Best Musical - The Book of Mormon (co-producer)

Other winners

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand became the youngest winner in 1970. With just seven years elapsing between her first Grammy and her Tony, she also completed the feat in the shortest amount of time of any winner. However her Tony is a non-competitive award.

Barbra Streisand (born 1942), a singer and actress, received her fourth distinct award in 1970. Between 1963 and 2001, Streisand received a total of 18 awards. Streisand has the highest number of awards (18) of any grand slam winner, as well as the highest number of Grammy wins by a grand slam winner (9), which is also the highest number of wins for any grand slam winner for a specific one of the four awards. Having completed the Showbiz Award Grand Slam at age 28, she is the youngest winner, and with just seven years elapsing between her first award (a 1963 Grammy) and her final award (a 1970 Special Tony), Striesand also completed the Showbiz Award Grand Slam in the shortest amount of time. She is also the only winner to have won an Oscar in both a music and an acting category. However because her Tony award is in a non-competitive award, her inclusion on the list of winners has been disputed.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1968 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Funny Girl
  2. 1977 : Best Music, Song - A Star Is Born
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1965 : Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers - My Name is Barbra
  2. 1995 : Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
  3. 1995 : Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
  4. 2001 : Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program - Timeless: Live in Concert
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1963 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - The Barbra Streisand Album
  2. 1963 : Album Of The Year (Other Than Classical) - The Barbra Streisand Album
  3. 1964 : Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album - Funny Girl
  4. 1964 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - People (From the musical Funny Girl)
  5. 1965 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - My Name Is Barbra
  6. 1977 : Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female - Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
  7. 1977 : Song Of The Year, Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
  8. 1980 : Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - Guilty (with Barry Gibb)
  9. 1986 : Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female - The Broadway Album
  • Tony Awards:
    • No competitive awards
  • Special Awards:
  1. 1970 : Special Tony Award
  2. 1992 : Special Grammy Award: Grammy Legend Award
  3. 1995 : Special Grammy Award: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Notes: Streisand also won several Golden Globe Awards.

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli has each of the four awards, having won her fourth in 1990, but her Grammy is a non-competitive award.

Liza Minnelli (born 1946), an actress and singer, received her fourth distinct award in 1990. Between 1965 and 2009, Minnelli received a total of 6 awards. Because her Grammy award was not a competitive award, her inclusion in the list of winners is disputed.

  • Academy Awards:
  1. 1972 : Best Actress in a Leading Role (Cabaret)
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1973 : Outstanding Single Program − Variety and Popular Music (Liza with a ‘Z’. A Concert for Television)
  • Grammy Awards:
    • No competitive awards
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1965 : Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Flora the Red Menace)
  2. 1978 : Best Leading Actress in a Musical (The Act)
  3. 2009 : Best Special Theatrical Event (Liza's at the Palace)
  • Special Awards:
  1. 1974 : Special Tony Award for “adding lustre to the Broadway season”
  2. 1990 : Special Grammy Award: Grammy Legend Award

Notes: Minnelli is also a Golden Globe winner.

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones has each of the four awards, having won his fourth in 2011, but his Oscar is a non-competitive award.

James Earl Jones (born 1931), an actor received his fourth distinct award in 2011. Between 1969 and 2011, Jones received a total of 7 awards. Because his Academy award was not a competitive award, his inclusion in the list of winners is disputed.

  • Academy Awards:
    • No competitive awards
  • Emmy Awards:
  1. 1991 : Outstanding Lead Actor − Drama Series (Gabriel's Fire)
  2. 1991 : Outstanding Supporting Actor − Miniseries or a Movie (Heatwave)
  • Daytime Emmy Awards:
  1. 2000 : Outstanding Performer − Children's Special (Summer's End)
  • Grammy Awards:
  1. 1977 : Best Spoken World Album - Great American Documents
  • Tony Awards:
  1. 1969 : Best Leading Actor in a Play (The Great White Hope)
  2. 1987 : Best Leading Actor in a Play (Fences)
  • Special Awards:
  1. 2011 : Special Academy Award

Notes: Jones is also a Golden Globe winner.

Superlatives

Of the ten artists who have each won all four of the major entertainment awards (not including non-competitive categories) the following superlatives emerge:

Of the thirteen artists who have each won all four of the major entertainment awards (including non-competitive categories) the following superlatives emerge:

Three competitive awards

The following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in competitive categories.[14] Winning three of the four awards has been called a 3GOT (a play on the term EGOT), with the four combinations referred to as EGO, TOE, GOT, and GET.

Notes:

1. In addition to both an Academy Award and a Grammy Award in 1961, Ramin won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1982.
2. Barbra Streisand also won a Special Tony Award in 1970.
3. Winning an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award in their respective acting categories is known as winning the "Triple Crown" of acting awards.
4. Bob Fosse won all three awards in the same year, 1973.
5. Liza Minnelli also won a Grammy Legends Award in 1990.
6. In 1953, Thomas Mitchell became the first actor ever to win the "Triple Crown of Acting".
7. Tony Walton is the only costume/set designer to win all 3 of these awards.
8. In 1996, Julie Andrews refused a Tony Award nomination for her role in Victor/Victoria in protest of the fact that the production received no other nominations.[16]
9. James Earl Jones also won a Special Academy Award in 2011.

Three awards

In addition to the above winners, the following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in either competitive categories or noncompetitive special and honorary categories.

  1. Fred Astaire won three competitive Emmy awards, a Special Academy Award, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
  2. Irving Berlin won an Academy Award, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a competitive Tony award.
  3. Walt Disney won 26 competitive Academy Awards, seven competitive Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Trustees Award.
  4. Judy Garland won an Academy Juvenile Award, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
  5. Eileen Heckart won a competitive Academy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
  6. Quincy Jones won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (a non-competitive Academy Award), an Emmy Award, and 27 competitive Grammy Awards.
  7. Barry Manilow won two competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
  8. Bette Midler won three competitive Emmy Awards, three competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Tony Award.
  9. Eli Wallach won a competitive Tony award, a competitive Emmy Award, and an Academy Honorary Award.

Four nominations

The following people have not won all four awards in competitive categories, but have received at least one nomination for each of the awards:

  1. Alan Alda
  2. Dame Judith Anderson
  3. Julie Andrews
  4. Burt Bacharach
  5. Elmer Bernstein
  6. Leonard Bernstein
  7. Ralph Burns
  8. Ellen Burstyn
  9. Richard Burton
  10. Sammy Cahn
  11. Glenn Close
  12. Fred Ebb
  13. Henry Fonda
  14. Julie Harris
  15. James Earl Jones
  16. Quincy Jones
  17. John Kander
  18. John Lithgow
  19. Michel Legrand
  20. Liza Minnelli
  21. Trey Parker
  22. Dolly Parton
  23. Sidney Poitier
  24. André Previn
  25. Lynn Redgrave
  26. Adam Schlesinger
  27. Paul Scofield
  28. Marc Shaiman
  29. Meryl Streep
  30. Barbra Streisand
  31. Lily Tomlin
  32. Peter Ustinov
  33. Jimmy Van Heusen
  34. Denzel Washington
  35. Sigourney Weaver[17]
  36. James Whitmore
  37. Hans Zimmer

Notes: While Judy Garland and Bette Midler never received any Tony nominations, they have each won a Special Tony Award, in addition to receiving at least one nomination in competitive categories for each of the other three awards. Only one artist, Lynn Redgrave, has been nominated at least once for each of the four awards without winning any.

Summary

Artist Oscar(s) Emmy(s) Grammy(s) Tony(s) Total
Richard Rodgers 1 1 2 9 13
Helen Hayes 2 1 2 2 7
Rita Moreno 1 2 1 1 5
John Gielgud 1 1 1 3 6
Audrey Hepburn 1 1 1 1 4
Marvin Hamlisch 3 4 4 1 12
Jonathan Tunick 1 1 1 1 4
Mel Brooks 1 4 3 3 11
Mike Nichols 1 4 1 8 14
Whoopi Goldberg 1 2 1 1 5
Barbra Streisand 2 4 9 nnc 15
Liza Minnelli 1 1 nnc 2 4
James Earl Jones nnc 2 1 2 5
Alan Alda n 6 n n 6
Dame Judith Anderson n 2 n 1 3
Julie Andrews 1 2 1 n 4
Burt Bacharach 3 1 1 n 5
Elmer Bernstein 1 1 n n 2
Leonard Bernstein n 6 8 1 15
Ralph Burns 2 1 n 2 5
Ellen Burstyn 1 1 n 1 3
Richard Burton n n 1 1 2
Glenn Close n 4 n 3 7
Quincy Jones nnc 1 27 n 28
Fred Ebb n 3 1 1 5
Henry Fonda 1 n 1 1 3
Julie Harris n 3 1 5 9
John Kander n 2 2 3 7
Trey Parker n 4 1 4 8
Dolly Parton n n 7 n 7
Sidney Poitier 1 n 1 n 2
André Previn 4 n 10 n 14
Lynn Redgrave n n n n 0
Adam Schlesinger n 1 1 n 2
Paul Scofield 1 1 n 1 3
Marc Shaiman n 1 1 1 3
Meryl Streep 2 2 n n 4
Lily Tomlin n 4 1 2 7
Peter Ustinov 2 3 1 n 6
Jimmy Van Heusen 4 1 n n 5
Denzel Washington 2 n n 1 3
Sigourney Weaver n n 1 n 1
James Whitmore n 1 1 1 3
Hans Zimmer 1 n 4 n 5
John Addison 1 1 1 — 3
Jack Albertson 1 1 — 1 3
Anne Bancroft 1 1 — 2 4
Harry Belafonte — 1 2 1 4
Alan Bergman 3 3 1 — 7
Ingrid Bergman 3 2 — 1 6
Marilyn Bergman 3 3 1 — 7
Shirley Booth 1 2 — 3 6
George Burns 1 1 1 — 3
Cher 1 1 1 — 3
Martin Charnin — 2 1 1 4
Cy Coleman — 3 2 5 10
Melvyn Douglas 2 1 — 1 4
Eminem 1 1 13 — 15
Bob Fosse 1 2 — 9 12
Michael Giacchino 1 1 3 — 5
Oscar Hammerstein II 2 — 2 8 12
Jeremy Irons 1 1 — 1 3
Elton John 1 — 5 1 7
Alan Jay Lerner 3 — 1 3 7
Frank Loesser 1 — 1 2 4
Thomas Mitchell 1 1 — 1 3
Randy Newman 1 2 4 — 7
Cynthia Nixon — 2 1 1 4
Al Pacino 1 2 — 2 5
Sid Ramin 1 1 1 — 3
Vanessa Redgrave 1 2 — 1 4
Tim Rice 3 — 1 1 5
Jason Robards 2 1 — 1 4
Scott Rudin 1 1 — 1 3
Geoffrey Rush 1 1 — 1 3
Martin Scorsese 1 1 1 — 3
Maggie Smith 2 2 — 1 5
Stephen Sondheim 1 — 8 9 18
Maureen Stapleton 1 1 — 1 3
Charles Strouse — 2 2 3 7
Jule Styne 1 — 1 2 4
Jessica Tandy 1 1 — 3 5
Dick Van Dyke — 4 1 1 6
Tony Walton 1 1 — 3 5
Andrew Lloyd Webber 1 — 3 6 10
John Williams 5 3 21 — 29
Robin Williams 1 2 5 — 8
Kate Winslet 1 1 1 — 3
Fred Astaire nnc 3 nc — 3
Irving Berlin 1 — nc 1 2
Walt Disney 26 7 nc — 33
Judy Garland nnc n 1 nc 1
Eileen Heckart 1 1 — nc 2
Barry Manilow — 2 1 nc 3
Bette Midler n 3 3 nc 6
Eli Wallach nc 1 — 1 2

Notes: An n indicates a person has been nominated for an award, but not won one. nc indicates a person has won an award only in non-competitive categories. nnc indicates that a person has won an award in non-competitive categories and been nominated in competitive categories, but never won in a competitive category. A — indicates that a person has not won or been nominated for an award. Default sort is People who have won all four in competitive categories, chronologically, then people who have won all four including non-competitive categories, chronologically, then people who have been nominated for all four, alphabetically, then people who have won three, alphabetically, then people who have won three including non-competitive categories, alphabetically. Daytime and Creative Emmys are included in Emmy counts.

In pop culture

  • In 30 Rock Season Four, Tracy Jordan (played by Tracy Morgan), sets out on a quest to win the "EGOT". This quest begins when he sees a necklace saying EGOT in a jewelry store in the episode "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001". He buys the necklace and wears it every time he decides to pursue one of the awards. His purpose in winning the EGOT is to convince his wife (played by Sherri Shepherd) to have another child with him (as he wants a baby girl). In this same episode, Tracy meets with Whoopi Goldberg to discuss her EGOT. This conversation includes a reference to the debate over Goldberg's inclusion in the list of EGOT winners because she has only won Daytime Emmys and no Primetime Emmys. He attempts to steal Goldberg's awards after their conversation. Tracy again references his EGOT in the episode, "Future Husband" when he makes his attempt at winning a Tony Award, which fails because he is a spontaneous actor and is thus unable to meet the Tony requirement of a performance repeated a minimum of eight times. He also makes a bid for an Oscar in the episode "Emanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land", abandoning a role as Garfield for a more serious, Oscar worthy role, in a film about his childhood neighborhood. He returns to his childhood home (now a copying store) to get more in touch with his roots to prepare for the role. In "Double Edged Sword", Tracy wins the Oscar for this role. The episode also states that he is now an EGOTer, although the circumstances of the other three awards are not explained.

See also

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