List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award
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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:
- Mel Brooks
- Tony: 3:
- 2001 : Best Book of a Musical - The Producers
- 2001 : Best Original Score - The Producers
- 2001 : Best Musical - The Producers
- 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
- Tony: 3:
- 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
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Tony: 1976 : Best Musical Score - A Chorus Line
- Grammy: 4:
- 1974: Song Of The Year - The Way We Were
- 1974: Best New Artist Of The Year
- 1974: Best Pop Instrumental Performance - The Entertainer
- 1974: Album Of Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special - The Way We Were
- Oscar: 3:
- 1973: Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - The Way We Were
- 1973: Best Music, Original Song - The Way We Were
- 1973: Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - The Sting
- Emmy: 4:
- 1995 : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- 1995 : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- 1999 : Outstanding Music and Lyrics - AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
- 2001 : Outstanding Music Direction - Timeless: Live in Concert
- Helen Hayes
- Tony: 3:
- 1947 : Best Actress, Dramatic - Happy Birthday
- 1958 : Best Actress, Dramatic - Time Remembered
- 1980 : Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre
- Grammy: 1976 : Best Spoken Word Recording - Great American Documents
- Oscar: 2:
- 1932 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
- 1970 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Airport
- Emmy: 1953 : Best Actress
- Tony: 3:
- 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
- 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
- Mike Nichols
- Tony: 7:
- 1964 : Best Director, Dramatic - Barefoot in the Park
- 1965 : Best Director, Dramatic - Luv and The Odd Couple
- 1968 : Best Director, Dramatic - Plaza Suite
- 1972 : Best Director, Dramatic - The Prisoner of Second Avenue
- 1977 : Best Musical - Annie
- 1984 : Best Director, Play - The Real Thing
- 2005 : Best Director, Musical - Monty Python's Spamalot
- 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
- Tony: 7:
- 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
- Richard Rodgers
- Tony: 6 (plus three special awards):
- 1950 : Best Musical - South Pacific
- 1950 : Best Producers, Musical - South Pacific
- 1950 : Best Score - South Pacific
- 1952 : Best Musical - The King and I
- 1960 : Best Musical - The Sound of Music
- 1962 : Best Composer - No Strings
- Grammy: 2:
- 1960 : Best Show Album (Original Cast) - The Sound of Music
- 1962 : Best Original Cast Show Album - No Strings
- Oscar: 1945 : Best Song - "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair
- Emmy: 1962 : Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed - Winston Churchill-The Valiant Years
- Tony: 6 (plus three special awards):
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:
- Barbra Streisand
- Tony: Star of the Decade in 1970
- Grammy: 8, including Song Of The Year & Album Of The Year (and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995)
- Oscar: 2:
- 1968 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Funny Girl
- 1977 : Best Music, Song - A Star is Born
- 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 - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- 1995 : Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special - Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- 2001 : Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program - Timeless: Live in Concert
- 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 the Daytime Emmy Awards are included, comedian Whoopi Goldberg is also qualified
- 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"