List of EGOT winners
Eleven people have won all four major annual American entertainment awards, the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Doing so may be abbreviated EGOT, or sometimes GATE ("A" for "Academy").[1][2] These awards honor outstanding achievements in, respectively, television, music or other audio recording, film, and theater.[3] Winning all four awards has been referred to as winning the Grand Slam of show business.[4][5] The acronym EGOT was invented by actor Philip Michael Thomas and has since gained certain popularity because of its use as a plot device in several episodes of the TV series 30 Rock.[6][7]
Winners of all 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.[3]
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's Oscar).[3]
The eleven artists who won competitive awards are listed below.
Artist | EGOT Completed | Emmy | Grammy | Oscar | Tony |
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Richard Rodgers | 1962 | 1962 | 19601 | 1945 | 19501, 2 |
Helen Hayes | 1976 | 1953 | 1976 | 19321 | 19471, 2 |
Rita Moreno | 1977 | 19771 | 1972 | 1961 | 1975 |
John Gielgud | 1991 | 1991 | 1979 | 1981 | 19611, 2 |
Audrey Hepburn | 1994 | 1993 | 1994 | 19532 | 19542 |
Marvin Hamlisch | 1995 | 19951 | 19741 | 19731 | 1976 |
Jonathan Tunick | 1997 | 1982 | 1988 | 1977 | 1997 |
Mel Brooks | 2001 | 19671 | 19981 | 1968 | 20011 |
Mike Nichols | 2001 | 20011 | 1961 | 1967 | 19641 |
Whoopi Goldberg | 2002 | 2002 (Daytime)1, 2 | 1985 | 1990 | 2002 |
Scott Rudin | 2012 | 1984 | 2012 | 2007 | 19941 |
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).
Honorary winners
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 | ||||
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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 |
Qualifying awards summary (competitive only)
Richard Rodgers
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:
- 1945 : Best Song - "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair
- Emmy Awards:
- 1962 : Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed - Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
- Grammy Awards:
- 1960 : Best Show Album (Original Cast) - The Sound of Music
- 1962 : Best Original Cast Show Album - No Strings
- Tony Awards:
- 1950 : Best Musical - South Pacific
- 1950 : Best Producers, Musical - South Pacific
- 1950 : Best Score - South Pacific
- 1952 : Best Musical - The King and I
- 1960 : Best Musical - The Sound of Music
- 1962 : Best Composer - No Strings
- Special Awards:
- 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"
- 1972 : Special Tony Award
- 1979 : Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre
Helen Hayes
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:
- 1932 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
- 1970 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Airport
- Emmy Awards:
- 1953 : Best Actress - Schlitz Playhouse of Stars for the episode "Not a Chance"
- Grammy Awards:
- 1976 : Best Spoken Word Recording - Great American Documents
- Tony Awards:
- 1947 : Best Actress, Dramatic - Happy Birthday
- 1958 : Best Actress, Dramatic - Time Remembered
- Special Awards:
- 1980 : Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno (born 1931), an actress, received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1961 and 1978, Moreno received a total of 5 awards.[8] 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:
- 1961 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - West Side Story
- Emmy Awards:
- 1977 : Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music - The Muppet Show
- 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:
- 1972 : Best Recording For Children - The Electric Company
- Tony Awards:
- 1975 : Best Featured or Supporting Actress in a Play - The Ritz
John Gielgud
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:
- 1981 : Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur
- Emmy Awards:
- 1991 : Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Summer's Lease
- Grammy Awards:
- 1979 : Best Spoken Word Documentary or Drama - Ages of Man
- Tony Awards:
- 1948 : Winner for Outstanding Foreign Company - The Importance of Being Earnest
- 1961 : Best Director of a Drama - Big Fish, Little Fish
- Special Awards:
- 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"
Audrey Hepburn
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:
- 1953 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Roman Holiday
- Emmy Awards:
- 1993 : Outstanding Individual Achievement, Informational Programming - Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
- Grammy Awards:
- 1994 : Best Spoken Word Album for Children - Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
- Tony Awards:
- 1954 : Best Actress in a Drama - Ondine
- Special Awards:
- 1968 : Special Tony Award, Special Achievement Award
- 1993 : Special Academy Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012), 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 was the first winner to have won "General Field" Grammys (Song of the Year and Best New Artist). He was 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:
- 1973: Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - The Way We Were
- 1973: Best Music, Original Song - "The Way We Were"
- 1973: Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - The Sting
- Emmy Awards:
- 1995 : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- 1995 : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- 1999 : Outstanding Music and Lyrics - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
- 2001 : Outstanding Music Direction - Timeless: Live in Concert
- Grammy Awards:
- 1974: Song Of The Year - "The Way We Were"
- 1974: Best New Artist Of The Year
- 1974: Best Pop Instrumental Performance - The Entertainer
- 1974: Album Of Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special - The Way We Were
- Tony Awards:
- 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:
- 1977 : Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score - A Little Night Music
- Emmy Awards:
- 1982 : Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction - Night of 100 Stars
- Grammy Awards:
- 1988 : Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals - "No One Is Alone", Cleo Laine
- Tony Awards:
- 1997 : Best Orchestrations - Titanic
Mel Brooks
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.[9] 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:
- 1968 : Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - The Producers
- Emmy Awards:
- 1967 : Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety - The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
- 1997 : Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Mad About You
- 1998 : Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Mad About You
- 1999 : Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Mad About You
- Grammy Awards:
- 1998 : Best Spoken Comedy Album - The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000
- 2002 : Best Long Form Music Video - Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
- 2002 : Best Musical Show Album - The Producers
- Tony Awards:
- 2001 : Best Book of a Musical - The Producers
- 2001 : Best Original Score - The Producers
- 2001 : Best Musical - The Producers
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (born 1931), a director, received his fourth distinct award in November 2001. Between 1961 and 2012, Nichols received a total of 15 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 (9) of any Grand Slam winner.
- Academy Awards:
- 1967 : Best Director - The Graduate
- Emmy Awards:
- 2001 : Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - Wit
- 2001 : Outstanding Made for Television Movie - Wit as Executive Producer
- 2004 : Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - Angels in America
- 2004 : Outstanding Miniseries - Angels in America as Executive Producer
- Grammy Awards:
- 1961 : Best Comedy Performance - An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May
- Tony Awards:
- 1964 : Best Director, Dramatic - Barefoot in the Park
- 1965 : Best Director, Dramatic - Luv and The Odd Couple
- 1968 : Best Director, Dramatic - Plaza Suite
- 1972 : Best Director, Dramatic - The Prisoner of Second Avenue
- 1977 : Best Musical - Annie as Producer
- 1984 : Best Director, Play - The Real Thing
- 1984 : Best Play - The Real Thing as Producer
- 2005 : Best Director, Musical - Monty Python's Spamalot
- 2012 : Best Director, Play - Death of a Salesman
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955), an actress, comedian and talk-show host, received her fourth distinct award in 2002. Between 1985 and 2009, Goldberg received a total of 6 awards.[10] Goldberg is 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:
- 1990 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ghost
- Daytime Emmy Awards:
- 2002 : Outstanding Special Class Special - Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (Host)
- 2009 : Outstanding Talk Show Host - The View (co-host)
- Grammy Awards:
- 1985 : Best Comedy Recording - Whoopi Goldberg—Original Broadway Show Recording
- Tony Awards:
- 2002 : Best Musical - Thoroughly Modern Millie (co-producer)
- Special Awards:
- 1997 : Special Emmy Award, Governors Award, for the seven Comic Relief Benefit Specials
Notes: 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 led 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) received his fourth distinct award in 2012. Between 1984 and 2012, Rudin received a total of 11 awards. Rudin is the most recent winner, and the first winner who was primarily a producer.
- Academy Awards:
- 2007 : Best Picture, No Country For Old Men (co-producer)
- Primetime Emmy Awards:
- 1984 : Outstanding Children's Program - He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
- Grammy Awards:
- 2012 : Best Musical Theater Album - The Book of Mormon
- Tony Awards:
- 1994 : Best Musical - Passion
- 2000 : Best Play - Copenhagen
- 2005 : Best Play - Doubt
- 2006 : Best Play - The History Boys
- 2009 : Best Play - God of Carnage
- 2010 : Best Revival of a Play - Fences
- 2011 : Best Musical - The Book of Mormon (co-producer)
- 2012 : Best Revival of a Play - Death of a Salesman
Qualifying awards summary (including non-competitive awards)
The following artists have also received all of the four major awards, however in each case one of these awards has been received only in an honorary or other non-competitive category. (Streisand has never received a competitive Tony, Minnelli has never received a competitive Grammy and Jones has never received a competitive Oscar.)
Barbra Streisand
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), Streisand also completed the 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.
- Academy Awards:
- 1968 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Funny Girl
- 1977 : Best Music, Song - "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
- Emmy Awards:
- 1965 : Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers - My Name is Barbra
- 1995 : Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- 1995 : Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- 2001 : Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program - Timeless: Live in Concert
- Grammy Awards:
- 1963 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - The Barbra Streisand Album
- 1963 : Album Of The Year (Other Than Classical) - The Barbra Streisand Album
- 1964 : Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album - Funny Girl
- 1964 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - "People" (from the musical Funny Girl)
- 1965 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - My Name Is Barbra
- 1977 : Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female - "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
- 1977 : Song Of The Year, "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
- 1980 : Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb)
- 1986 : Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female - The Broadway Album
- 1992 : Special Grammy Award: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive)
- 1995 : Special Grammy Award: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (non-competitive)
- Tony Awards:
- 1970 : Special Tony Award (non-competitive)
Liza Minnelli
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.
- Academy Awards:
- 1972 : Best Actress in a Leading Role (Cabaret)
- Emmy Awards:
- 1973 : Outstanding Single Program − Variety and Popular Music (Liza with a ‘Z’. A Concert for Television)
- Grammy Awards:
- 1990 : Special Grammy Award: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive)
- Tony Awards:
- 1965 : Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Flora the Red Menace)
- 1974 : Special Tony Award for "adding lustre to the Broadway season" (non-competitive)
- 1978 : Best Leading Actress in a Musical (The Act)
- 2009 : Best Special Theatrical Event (Liza's at the Palace)
James Earl Jones
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.
- Academy Awards:
- 2011 : Academy Honorary Award (non-competitive)
- Emmy Awards:
- 1991 : Outstanding Lead Actor − Drama Series (Gabriel's Fire)
- 1991 : Outstanding Supporting Actor − Miniseries or a Movie (Heat Wave)
- Daytime Emmy Awards:
- 2000 : Outstanding Performer − Children's Special (Summer's End)
- Grammy Awards:
- 1977 : Best Spoken Word Album (Great American Documents)
- Tony Awards:
- 1969 : Best Leading Actor in a Play (The Great White Hope)
- 1987 : Best Leading Actor in a Play (Fences)
Records and statistics
The following list only considers the eleven artists who have each won all four of the major entertainment awards in competitive categories:
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The following list considers the fourteen artists who have each won all four of the major entertainment awards (including non-competitive categories):
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Three competitive awards
The following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in competitive categories.[11] 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:
- † Person is deceased.
- 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.[12]
- 9. James Earl Jones also received an Academy Honorary 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.
- Fred Astaire won three competitive Emmy awards, a Special Academy Award, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Irving Berlin won an Academy Award, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a competitive Tony award.
- Walt Disney won 26 competitive Academy Awards, seven competitive Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Trustees Award.
- Judy Garland won an Academy Juvenile Award, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
- Eileen Heckart won a competitive Academy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
- Quincy Jones won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (a non-competitive Academy Award), an Emmy Award, and 27 competitive Grammy Awards.
- Barry Manilow won two competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
- Bette Midler won three competitive Emmy Awards, three competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Tony Award.
- Eli Wallach won a competitive Tony Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and an Academy Honorary Award.
- Kate Winslet won an Academy Award for Best Actress, a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
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:
- Alan Alda
- Judith Anderson
- Julie Andrews
- Burt Bacharach
- Elmer Bernstein
- Leonard Bernstein
- Ralph Burns
- Ellen Burstyn
- Richard Burton
- Sammy Cahn
- Glenn Close
- Fred Ebb
- Henry Fonda
- Joel Grey
- Julie Harris
- Jeremy Irons
- James Earl Jones
- Quincy Jones
- John Kander
- John Lithgow
- Michel Legrand
- Liza Minnelli
- Trey Parker
- Dolly Parton
- Sidney Poitier
- André Previn
- Lynn Redgrave
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Adam Schlesinger
- Paul Scofield
- Marc Shaiman
- Kevin Spacey
- Meryl Streep
- Barbra Streisand
- Lily Tomlin
- Stanley Tucci
- Peter Ustinov
- Jimmy Van Heusen
- Denzel Washington
- Sigourney Weaver[13]
- James Whitmore
- 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.
See also
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