List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award: these artists achieved the rare feat in winning all four of the major awards for show business:
There are currently nine people who have won all four awards in standard competitive categories:
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Mel Brooks
- Tony: 3:
- Grammy: 1998 : Best Spoken Comedy Album - The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000
- Oscar: 1968 : Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - The Producers
- Emmy: 3:
- 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
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John Gielgud
- Tony: 1961 : Best Director of a Drama - Big Fish, Little Fish
- Grammy: 1979 : Best Spoken Word Documentary or Drama - Ages of Man (album)
- Oscar: 1981 : Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur
- Emmy: 1991 : Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Summer's Lease
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Marvin Hamlisch
- Tony: 1976 Best Musical Score - A Chorus Line
- Grammy: 1974 : 4 including Song Of The Year & Best New Artist Of The Year
- Oscar: 3:
- Emmy: 4:
- 1995 : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction -
- 1995 : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics -
- 1999 : Outstanding Music and Lyrics - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
- 2001 : Outstanding Music Direction -
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Helen Hayes
- Tony: 3, including 1958 Best Actress in a Drama - Time Remembered
- Grammy: 1976 : Best Spoken Word Recording - Great American Documents
- Oscar: 2:
- Emmy: 1953 : Best Actress
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Audrey Hepburn
- Tony: 1954 : Best Actress in a Drama - Ondine
- Grammy: 1993 : Best Spoken Word Album For Children - Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
- Oscar: 2:
- 1953 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Roman Holiday
- 1993 : Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- Emmy: 1993 : Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
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Rita Moreno
- Tony: 1975 : Best Featured of Supporting Actress - The Ritz
- Grammy: 1972 : Best Recording For Children - The Electric Company
- Oscar: 1961 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - West Side Story
- Emmy: 2:
- 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
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Mike Nichols
- Tony: Won 6 including 1984 Director of a Drama - The Real Thing
- Grammy: 1961 : Best Comedy Performance - An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May
- Oscar: 1967 : Best Director - The Graduate
- Emmy: 4:
- 2001 : Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - Wit
- 2001 : Outstanding Made for Television Movie - Wit
- 2004 : Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - Angels in America
- 2004 : Outstanding Miniseries - Angels in America
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Jonathan Tunick
- Tony: 1997 Best Orchestrations - Titanic
- Grammy: 1988 : Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals - "No One Is Alone"
- Oscar: 1977 : Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score - A Little Night Music
- Emmy: 1982 : Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction - Night of 100 Stars
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Richard Rodgers
- Tony: 1950: Best Score - South Pacific + several others
- Grammy: 1960: Best Cast Album - Sound of Music
- Oscar: 1945: Best Song- State Fair
- Emmy: 1962: Best Music - Winston Churchill special.
Two people have failed to win one of these regular competitive awards, but have been given special honorary awards that some might consider would qualify them to be placed on the list. These are:
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Barbra Streisand
- Tony: Recipient of a "Special Award" in 1970
- Grammy: 8, including Song Of The Year & Album Of The Year (and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995)
- Oscar: 2:
- Emmy: 4:
- 1965 : Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers - My Name is Barbra
- 1995 : Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program -
- 1995 : Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special -
- 2001 : Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program -
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Liza Minnelli
- Tony: Recipient in 1965, 1974, and 1978
- Grammy: Recipient in 1990 of a "Special Merit Award" from the Recording Academy Association, which also grants Grammy Awards.
- Oscar: 1972 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cabaret
- Emmy: 1973 : Outstanding Single Program - Variety and Popular Music - Liza with a 'Z'
If "daytime emmys" are included, comedian Whoopi Goldberg is also qualified
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Whoopi Goldberg
- Grammy: 1, Best Comedy Recording, 1985 for "Whoopi Goldberg--Original Broadway Show Recording"
- Oscar: 1, Best Supporting Actress, 1991 for "Ghost"
- Tony: 1, Producer of Best Musical Winner, 2002 for "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
- Emmy: 1, Host of Outstanding Special Class Special, 2002 for "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel"
Last updated: 05-21-2005 02:23:05
