Check out the list of artists who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
The actress Viola Davis became, last Sunday (5), the 18th artist in the world to achieve EGOT status. This means that, by winning the Grammy for Best Audiobook and Narration for her audiobook “In Search of Me”, she joined the renowned list of people who have already won the four biggest entertainment awards in the United States: Emmy (television), Grammy (music), Oscar (film) and Tony (theatre).
Viola has already won an Emmy in 2015, for her role in the series “How to get away with a murder”; the Oscar in 2017, for the film “A limit between us”; and two Tonys for “King Hedley II” in 2001, and “A Boundary Between Us” in 2010.
Check out the complete list of artists who won the EGOT title below:
1. Richard Rodgers
The first artist to win the EGOT, Richard Rogers won the Oscar for Best Original Song in the novel “State Fair”, in 1946; Emmy for Outstanding Musical Contribution to Television for “Cinderella” in 1957; Original Music Composed for Television Emmy for “Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years” in 1962; eight Tonys, the first being for the soundtrack to the musical “South Pacific”; and a series of Grammys, beginning in 1960 with the musical album “No Strings”.
2. Helen Hayes
The artist won three Tonys, in 1947, with “Congratulations”, 1958 with “Time Remembered” and 1980, in honor of her career; two Oscars, the first being in 1932 as Best Actress in “The sin of Madelon Claudet”; an Emmy in 1953 for “Schlitz Playhouse of Stars”; and a Grammy for Best Spoken Album in 1977, for “Great American Documents.”
3. Rita Moreno
First and only Latin woman on the list, Rita Moreno won two Oscars, one of them with “Amor, sublime amor”, in 1962; the Grammy for Best Recording for Children in the program “The Electric Company”, in 1972; the Tony for Supporting Actress in the play “The Ritz”, in 1975; and two Emmys, the first being in 1977 for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in “Muppet Show”.
4. John Gielgud
The oldest artist to complete the EGOT achieved the feat after winning, at age 87, an Emmy for Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Miniseries in “Summer’s Lease”, in 1991. Before that, he took the Oscar in 1982 for “Arthur ”; a Tony in 1961 for directing the play “Big Fish, Little Fish”; and a Grammy in 1979 for recording excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays.
5. Audrey Hepburn
With several Oscar nominations, Hepburn won the award in 1954, with “The Princess and the Commoner”; in the same year, she won the Tony for Best Actress in a Play with “Ondine”; her Emmy came in 1993, for Outstanding Individual Performance in an Information Program, with “Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn”; and the Grammy was won for Best Spoken Album for Children with “Audrey Hepburn’s Enchanted Tales”, in 1994, months after her death.
6. Marvin Hamlisch
The composer won three Oscars in 1973, for the song and soundtrack of the films “Our love from yesterday/The Way we were” and “Coup de master”; in 1974, he won four Grammys, including Best New Artist; in 1976, he won a Tony for Best Original Song with “A Chorus Line”; and four Emmys, two of them for the TV special “Barbra Streisand: The Concert”.
7. Jonathan Tunick
Oscar winner for Best Original Score in 1977 with “A little night music”; an Emmy in 1982 for directing the special “Night of 100 Stars”; Grammy for Best Musical Arrangement in 1988, with “No One is Alone”; and Tony in 1997, for the soundtrack of the musical version of “Titanic”.
8. Mel Brooks
Emmy winner for co-writing the special “Your Show of Shows”, in 1967; Oscar in 1969, for the original screenplay of the first version of “The Producers”; Grammy Award for Best Comedy Narration Album with “The 2000 Year Old Man in The Year 2000”; and several Tonys, including Best Musical, Text and Score for “The Producers” in 2001.
9. Mike Nichols
Considered one of the most awarded on the list, with 14 titles, Mike Nichols won a Grammy in 1961 for Best Comedy Performance with “An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May”; eight Tonys, the first being for the play “Descalços no Parque”, in 1963; an Oscar as Best Director in “The first night of a man”, in 1967; and two Emmys for directing and producing the made-for-television movie “Wit – A Life Lesson”.
10. Whoopi Goldberg
1985 Grammy Award Winner for Best Comedy Recording in Her Broadway Solo Performance; Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in “Ghost”, 1991; a 2002 Emmy as producer of the special “Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel”; and a Tony as co-producer of the musical “Positivo Millie”, also in 2002.
11. Scott Rudin
Emmy winner for Best Children’s Program in 1984, with “He makes me feel like dancing”; Oscar for Best Film with “No Country for the Weak” in 2008; eight Tonys, the first being for the musical “Passion”; and the Grammy in 2012, for Best Theatrical Album with “The Book of Mormon”.
12. Robert López
The only person to achieve EGOT status twice – having at least two awards each – Robert Lopez won his first Tony Award in 2004, for the score to “Avenue Q”; his first Grammy in 2012, for the musical’s album; the Daytime Emmys in 2008 and 2010 for musical direction of “The Wonder Pets”; and an Academy Award for Best Song for the song “Let It Go” from “Frozen” in 2013.
13. Andrew Lloyd Weber
Between 1980 and 2018, the composer received 11 awards, some of which – Oscar, Tony and Grammy – for the musical “Evita”, in addition to a Tony for the musical “Cats”. The artist is also responsible for the classic “The Phantom of the Opera”, which won the theater award. The Emmy came in 2018, with the musical TV special “Jesus Christ Superstar”.
14. Tim Rice
In collaboration with Webber, Tim Rice won three awards for “Evita” and an Emmy for “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Before that, he had already won two Oscars for the songs in the feature films “Aladdin” and “The Lion King”.
15. John Legend
Of John Legend’s 11 wins, the first three came in 2006 for Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best Male Performance at the Grammys. In addition, he won an Oscar for the song “Glory” from the movie “Selma”; a 2017 Tony for Best Play Revival production “Jitney”; and the Emmy for producing the TV special “Jesus Christ Superstar” in 2018.
16. Alan Menken
In 2020, the composer joined the EGOTs group after winning an Emmy with a Princess Rapunzel TV special. In addition, he had already won two Oscars and a Grammy for the Disney animation “The Little Mermaid”. Tony came in 2012, with “Newsies”.
17. Jennifer Hudson
The singer and actress received her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2006, with “Dreamgirls”; the Grammy for her first album, in 2009; the Emmy as a producer of “Baba Yaga”, in 2021; and a Tony as producer of “A Strange Loop” in 2022.
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