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.
