The EGOT subsequently caught the public's imagination and became a goal for many entertainers. Although Thomas has yet to win an EGOT, 24 people have achieved the feat: 18 have won competitive EGOTs, and 6 people have completed the EGOT with noncompetitive or honorary awards.

Who are the 18 people who have an egot?

They are (in chronological order of achievement) composer Richard Rodgers, actress Helen Hayes, actress Rita Moreno, actor John Gielgud, actress Audrey Hepburn, composer Marvin Hamlisch, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, writer/director/composer Mel Brooks, director Mike Nichols, actress Whoopi Goldberg, producer Scott ...

Who was the 18th EGOT winner?

Viola Davis. Viola Davis is the third black woman to ever achieve EGOT status, and she accomplished the feat at the 2023 Grammys, thanks to her win for Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording, for her memoir, Finding Me.

Are there any black egot winners?

Viola Davis became the ninth EGOT winner of color at the 2023 Grammys. Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, and Jennifer Hudson are also among the coveted list of EGOT recipients. Three other Black entertainers, including Quincy Jones, received EGOT status in non-competitive awards.

Is Meryl Streep an EGOT winner?

Not many people have achieved this feat—Meryl Streep can't even call herself an EGOT—and at the time he joined an illustrious club of 14 other actors, writers, producers, composers, and singers who've all won the four coveted awards.

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Has Kate Winslet won an egot?

Kate Winslet

She's missing a Tony but has the rest of the EGOT categories nailed down. Amazingly, her first major award was a Grammy. She won the award in 2000 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children. Now, if she could just make her way to Broadway.

Who is closest to getting an egot?

Has anyone won a double egot?

Just so no one ever forgets, the only two-time EGOT winner in the world is a Filipino-American. Songwriter Robert Lopez was only 39 years old when he became an EGOT and broke every record in entertainment.

Who is halfway to an egot?

They are: Harry Belafonte and Quincy Jones, both of whom have won the film Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; James Earl Jones, who has the Academy Honorary Award; Liza Minnelli, who has the Grammy Legend Award; and Barbra Streisand, who has the Special Tony Award.

Who was the first EGOT winner?

Many people who first heard of an EGOT assume it originated on the hit NBC sitcom “30 Rock,” which began airing in 2006. But it turns out the term dates back to 1984, when only three people had achieved EGOT-hood: the composer Richard Rodgers and the actresses Helen Hayes and Rita Moreno.

What is it called when you win all 4 awards?

EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of the major American art awards.

Who has won the most Oscars?

Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscars won by an individual with a total of 22 competitive awards and four honorary awards. Disney was nominated 59 times throughout his career, receiving one award posthumously.

Who has won a Tony and a Grammy?

Stephen Sondheim has won both awards for his work on five different shows — "Company," "A Little Night Music," "Sweeney Todd," "Into The Woods," and "Passion." Richard Rodgers, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, and Stephen Oremus have each won both awards for their work on two different shows.

What is the hardest to get in an egot?

What's the most common trajectory for winning an EGOT, you may ask? The hardest award to get seems to be the Emmy, as nine out of the 17 EGOT holders have won it last.

What is higher than EGOT?

PEGOT. A PEGOT winner is someone who has won all four EGOT awards as well as a Peabody Award or Pulitzer Prize.

Does Beyonce have a Tony?

The Tonys, which recognizes Broadway productions, are an awards category Beyoncé has yet to skim the surface of.

Who was the first double egot winner?

With his latest Oscar victory, Robert Lopez makes history by becoming the first person to achieve the EGOT twice.

Does Reba Mcentire have egot?

well, performing at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, where a day pass gets you in to see someone who is apparently the #1 hit maker in the history of country music. She released two new singles and a concert DVD just last year, and is only an Emmy, a Tony, and an Oscar away from the coveted EGOT.

Who has won both an Oscar and a Grammy?

Alan Menken has won both the Oscar and the Grammy four times, more often than any other songwriter.

Has anyone won 2 Oscars for the same role?

Aside from Wyler and company's staggering haul, the film achieved an unprecedented first, with Harold Russell winning two Academy Awards for the same role, a feat that hadn't been reached before, and one that hasn't been equaled since.

Has anyone won an Oscar and Tony for the same role?

1 Viola Davis — 'Fences'

The incomparable Viola Davisplayed Troy's wife, Rose, in an acclaimed 2010 Broadway revival of the play. Her performance earned her the Best Actress in a Play Tony. Returning to the role for Denzel Washington's 2016 film adaptation of Wilson's play, Davis won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

Who was the first Latino egot?

Rita Moreno

Moreno became the first Latino star to earn EGOT after winning an Emmy for "The Muppet Show." She also earned another Emmy, post-EGOT, for "The Rockford Files," a Grammy for "The Electric Company," an Oscar for "West Side Story" and a Tony for "The Ritz."

Why did Julie Andrews declined the Tony?

1996: Julie is nominated for the title role of Victor/Victoria, but declines her nomination, as an act of solidarity with the rest of the production, which received no other nominations. Donna Murphy wins for The King and I.

Has anyone won all EGOT Awards?

The EGOT subsequently caught the public's imagination and became a goal for many entertainers. Although Thomas has yet to win an EGOT, 24 people have achieved the feat: 18 have won competitive EGOTs, and 6 people have completed the EGOT with noncompetitive or honorary awards.

Who is the only person to win an Oscar an Emmy and a Tony in the same year?

It had never been done before—and it hasn't been done since. In the space of less than two months in 1973, Bob Fosse won two Tonys for his work on Pippin, an Oscar for directing Cabaret and three Emmys for his work on Liza Minnelli's acclaimed special, Liza with a Z.