List of people who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards
This list of people who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards lists the people who have won all four of the major American entertainment industry awards in a regular competition category (no honors or special awards ) for individual achievement (no group awards) to have. These four awards are the Emmy (television), the Grammy (music and spoken word), the Oscar (film) and the Tony (theater and musical).
Based on the four first letters of the prices, this service is also referred to as EGOT . This acronym was coined in the 1980s by actor Philip Michael Thomas , who announced at the time that he wanted to achieve this goal. Thomas himself could not win any of the four prizes.
Winner of all four prizes
As of July 2020, 16 people were able to win each of the four prizes at least once in a competition category for an individual achievement.
Robert Lopez was the first artist to win each of the four prizes at least twice.
Actress Whoopi Goldberg became the first African American woman to win all four awards, including two in one year
John Legend is the first African American man to achieve EGOT status. He is also the second youngest after Robert Lopez .
| Surname | EGOT completed | Years to graduation | Emmy | grammy | Oscar | Tony |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Rodgers | 1962 | 16 | 1962 | 1960 | 1946 | 1950 |
| Helen Hayes | 1977 | 45 | 1953 | 1977 | 1932 | 1947 |
| Rita Moreno | 1977 | 16 | 1977 | 1972 | 1961 | 1975 |
| John Gielgud | 1991 | 43 | 1991 | 1979 | 1981 | 1948 |
| Audrey Hepburn (posthumous) | 1994 | 41 | 1993 | 1994 | 1954 | 1954 |
| Marvin Hamlisch | 1995 | 23 | 1995 | 1974 | 1973 | 1976 |
| Jonathan Tunick | 1997 | 20th | 1982 | 1988 | 1977 | 1997 |
| Mel Brooks | 2001 | 34 | 1967 | 1998 | 1969 | 2001 |
| Mike Nichols | 2001 | 40 | 2001 | 1961 | 1968 | 1964 |
| Whoopi Goldberg | 2002 | 17th | 2002 | 1985 | 1991 | 2002 |
| Scott Rudin | 2012 | 28 | 1984 | 2012 | 2007 | 1994 |
| Robert Lopez | 2014 | 10 | 2008 | 2012 | 2014 | 2004 |
| John Legend | 2018 | 12 | 2018 | 2006 | 2015 | 2017 |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber | 2018 | 38 | 2018 | 1980 | 1996 | 1980 |
| Tim Rice | 2018 | 38 | 2018 | 1980 | 1993 | 1980 |
| Alan Menken | 2020 | 31 | 2020 | 1991 | 1989 | 2012 |
Winner of all four prizes including the non-competitive categories
The following artists have also won all four prizes at least once each, but including one prize each in only one non-competitive category.
| Surname | Emmy | grammy | Oscar | Tony | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbra Streisand | 1965 | 1964 | 1968 | 1970 | A Tony Award is missing in a competition category. Streisand received a Special Tony Award: Star of the Decade . |
| Liza Minnelli | 1973 | 1990 | 1972 | 1965 | There is no Grammy Award in a competition category. Minnelli received a Special Grammy Award: Grammy Legend Award . |
| James Earl Jones | 1991 | 1977 | 2011 | 1969 | There is no Oscar in a competition category. Jones received an Academy Honorary Award . |
| Harry Belafonte | 1960 | 1961 | 2014 | 1953 | There is no Oscar in a competition category. Belafonte was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award . |
| Quincy Jones | 1977 | 1964 | 1994 | 2016 | There is no Oscar in a competition category. Jones was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award . |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The EGOT Club: 12 Hollywood Heavyweights Who Have Won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards at hollywoodreporter.com, accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ a b Philip Michael Thomas ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at biography.com, accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ Dana Schwartz: Oscars 2018: Robert Lopez becomes the first person in history to double EGOT . In: Entertainment Weekly of March 5, 2018.
- ↑ Beverly betting Stone: Tribute to Whoopi Goldberg and African-American Actors - Why We Need Black and Women's History Months. In: Huffington Post. April 11, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018 (American English).
- ^ John Legend Becomes 1st African-American Man — and 2nd Youngest — To EGOT . In: Fortune . ( fortune.com [accessed September 11, 2018]).
- ↑ Kimberly Nordyke: Alan Menken Achieves EGOT Status With Daytime Emmy Win. In: The Hollywood Reporter . July 26, 2020, accessed on July 27, 2020 .
