A select group of entertainers can round out their trophy cases with a competitive win from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
The EGOT — an acronym for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony — is the greatest honor in entertainment. These stars are (or were) close to achieving it.
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Cynthia Nixon (1966 -) Emmys (2): Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, „Sex and the City“ (2004); Guest Actress in a Drama Series, „Law & Order: Special Victims Unit“ (2008)
Grammy: Spoken Word Album, „An Inconvenient Truth“ (2008)
Tonys (2): Actress in a Play, „Rabbit Hole“ (2006); Featured Actress in a Play, „Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes“ (2017)
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980 -) Emmy: Original Music and Lyrics, „67th Annual Tony Awards“ (2014)
Grammys (2): Best Musical Theater Album, „In the Heights“ (2008) and „Hamilton“ (2017)
Tonys (3): Score, „In the Heights“ (2008) and „Hamilton“ (2016); Musical, „Hamilton“ (2016)
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Harry Belafonte (1927 -) Emmy: Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series, „The Revlon Revue“ (1960)
Grammys (2): Folk Performance, „Swing Dat Hammer“ (1960); Folk Recording, „An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba“ (1965)
Tony: Supporting Actor in a Musical, „John Murray Anderson’s Almanac“ (1954)
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Bette Midler (1945 -) Emmys (3): Special – Comedy, Variety or Music, „Bette Midler Ol‘ Red Hair Is Back“ (1978); Performance in a Variety or Music Program, „Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas“ (1997) and „The Tonight Show“ (1992)
Grammy (3): Best New Artist (1973); Best Female Pop Vocal Performance,“The Rose“ (1980); Record of the Year, „Wind Beneath My Wings“ (1989)
Tony: Actress in a Musical, „Hello, Dolly!“ (2017)
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Audra McDonald (1970 -) Emmy: Special Class Program, „Live From Lincoln Center“ (2015)
Grammys (2): Classical Album and Opera Recording, „Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny“ (2008)
Tonys (6): Featured Actress in a Musical, „Carousel“ (1994); Featured Actress in a Play, „Master Class“ (1996); Featured Actress in a Musical, „Ragtime“ (1998); Featured Actress in a Play, „A Raisin in the Sun“ (2004); Actress in a Musical, „The Gershwins‘ Porgy and Bess“ (2012); Actress in a Play, „Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill“ (2014)
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Cyndi Lauper (1953 -) Emmy: Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, „Mad About You“ (2005)
Grammys (2): Best New Artist (1984); Musical Theater Album, „Kinky Boots“ (2013)
Tony: Score, „Kinky Boots“ (2013)
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Marc Shaiman (1959 -) Emmy: Writing in a Variety or Music Program, „The 64th Annual Academy Awards“ (1992)
Grammy: Musical Show Album, „Hairspray“ (2002)
Tony: Score, „Hairspray“ (2003)
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Lily Tomlin (1939 -) Emmys (6): Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special, „Lily“ (1974) and The Lily Tomlin Special (1976) and „The Paul Simon Special“ (1978); Variety, Music or Comedy Program, „Lily“ (1974) and „Lily: Sold Out“ (1981); Voiceover Performance, „An Apology to Elephants“ (2013)
Grammy: Comedy Recording, „This Is a Recording“ (1971)
Tony: Actress in a Play, „The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe“ (1986)
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Dick Van Dyke (1925 -) Emmys (4): Actor in a Comedy Series, „The Dick Van Dyke Show“ (1964,1965 and 1966); Comedy-Variety or Music Series, „Van Dyke and Company“ (1977)
Grammy: Recording for Children, „Mary Poppins“ (1964)
Tony: Featured Actor in a Musical, „Bye, Bye Birdie“ (1961)
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James Earl Jones (1931 -) Emmys (2): Actor in a Drama Series, „Gabriel’s Fire“ (1991); Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special, „Heat Wave“ (1991)
Grammy: Spoken Word Recording, „Great American Documents“ (1976)
Tonys (2): Actor in a Play, „The Great White Hope“ (1969) and „Fences“ (1987)
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Trey Parker (1969 -) Emmys (5): Animated Program, „South Park“ (2005,2007,2008,2009 and 2013)
Grammy: Musical Theater Album, „The Book of Mormon“ (2011)
Tonys (3): Score, Book and Director, „The Book of Mormon“ (2011)
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Matt Stone (1971 -) Emmys (5): Animated Program, „South Park“ (2005,2007,2008,2009 and 2013)
Grammy: Musical Theater Album, „The Book of Mormon“ (2011)
Tony (2): Score and Book, „The Book of Mormon“ (2011)
Courtesy: Bill Doll and Company
Julie Harris (1925–2013) Emmys (3): Single Performance by an Actress, „Little Moon of Alban“ (1959); Single Performance by an Actress, „Victoria Regina“ (1962); Voiceover Performance, „Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony“ (2000)
Grammy: Spoken Word Recording, „The Belle Of Amherst“ (1977)
Tonys (5): Actress in a Play, „I Am a Camera“ (1952), „The Lark“ (1956), „Forty Carats“ (1969), „The Last of Mrs. Lincoln“ (1973) and „The Belle of Amherst“ (1977)
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Cynthia Erivo (1987 -) Daytime Emmy: On-Camera Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, „Today“ (2017)
Grammy: Musical Theater Album, „The Color Purple“ (2016)
Tony: Actress in a Musical, „The Color Purple“ (2016)
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Cy Coleman (1929-2004) Emmys (2): Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special, „Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now“ (1975); Comedy-Variety or Music Special, „Gypsy in My Soul“ (1976)
Grammy: Musical Show Album, „The Will Rogers Follies“ (1991)
Tonys (3): Score, „On the Twentieth Century“ (1978), „City of Angels“ (1990) and „The Will Rogers Follies“ (1991)
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Quincy Jones (1933 -) Emmy: Music Composition for a Series Original Dramatic Score, „Roots“ (1977)
Grammy: 27 wins, including Record of the Year, „Beat It“ (1983) and „We Are the World“ (1985); Album of the Year, „Back on the Block“ (1990)
Tony: Musical Revival (producing), „The Color Purple“ (2016)
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Fred Ebb (1928-2004) and John Kander (1927 -) Emmy: Original Music and Lyrics, „Liza With a Z“ (1973) and „Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall“ (1993); Ebb also won for „Gypsy in My Soul“ (1976) and producing „Liza With a Z“
Grammy: Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album, „Cabaret“ (1967)
Tonys (4): Musical and Composer/Lyricist, „Cabaret“ (1967); Score, „Woman of the Year“ (1981); Score, „Kiss of the Spider Woman“ (1993)
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Bill Sherman (1981 -) Daytime Emmys (2): Original Song – Children’s and Animation, „Sesame Street“ (2011); Original Song, „Sesame Street“ (2015)
Grammys (2): Best Musical Theater Album, „In the Heights“ (2008) and „Hamilton“ (2017)
Tonys (2): Orchestrations, „In the Heights“ (2008); Musical (producing), „Kinky Boots“ (2013)
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Martin Charnin (1934 -) Emmys (3): Variety or Musical Program, „Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man“ (1970); Variety or Musical Program and Directorial Achievement in Comedy or Variety, „‚S Wonderful, ‚S Marvelous, ‚S Gershwin“ (1972)
Grammy: Cast Show Album, „Annie“ (1977)
Tony: Score, „Annie“ (1977)
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Jerry Bock (1928–2010) Daytime Emmy: Original Song – Children’s and Animation, „Wonder Pets!“ (2010)
Grammy: Score From an Original Cast Show Album, „She Loves Me“ (1963)
Tonys (4): Musical, „Fiorello!“ (1960), „Hello, Dolly!“ (1964) and „Fiddler on the Roof“ (1965); plus Score, „Fiddler on the Roof“ (1965)
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James Whitmore (1921–2009) Emmy: Guest Actor in a Drama Series, „The Practice“ (2000)
Grammy: Spoken Word Recording, „Give ‚Em Hell Harry“ (1975)
Tony: Performance by Newcomers, „For Love or Money“ (1948)
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Anne Garefino (1959 -) Emmys (5): Animated Program (producing), „South Park“ (2005,2007,2008,2009 and 2013)
Grammy: Musical Theater Album, „The Book of Mormon“ (2011)
Tony: Musical (producing), „The Book of Mormon“ (2011)
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Charles Strouse (1928 -) Emmy: Music and Lyrics, „Bye, Bye Birdie“ (1996)
Grammy: Cast Show Album, „Annie“ (1977)
Tonys (3): Musical, „Bye, Bye Birdie“ (1961), „Applause“ (1970); Score, „Annie“ (1977)
Courtesy: Allan Warren
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Emmy: 7 individual wins, including for „Omnibus“ (1957 and 1958); „Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic“ (1961); „New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts“ (1965); „Beethoven’s Birthday“ (1972); and „Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening“ (1987)
Grammy: 16 wins, most for best classical album
Tony: Best Musical, „Wonderful Town“ (1953)
So who has made the cut? Here are all of the stars who have achieved EGOT status, from Audrey Hepburn to Whoopi Goldberg.
