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.
