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List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards


Twelve people and five media franchises have won all four major annual American entertainment awards in a competitive, individual (non-group) category: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, audio recording, film, and theater. Winning all four awards has been referred to as winning the "grand slam" of American show business. The acronym EGOT was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas.

To date, twelve individuals have won all four awards in competitive categories.

Notes:

^1 The artist subsequently won an additional competitive award (or awards).
^2 The artist also received an honorary or non-competitive award (or awards).
^3 The artist earned the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular (non-group/ensemble/company) acting wins in each of the Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards.
^4 The artist has only won a Daytime Emmy Award, not a Primetime Emmy Award.
^5 Achieved/awarded posthumously.

Five other performers – Liza Minnelli, James Earl Jones, Barbra Streisand, Alan Menken and Harry Belafonte – have also received all four awards, although one of the awards was non-competitive, i.e. special or honorary in nature (Streisand's Tony, Jones' Oscar, Minnelli's Grammy, Menken's Emmy, Belafonte's Oscar).

The following are the five artists who also have won the four major awards but not exclusively in the main competitive categories.

Richard Rodgers (1902–1979), a composer, received his fourth distinct award in 1962. Between 1945 and 1979, Rodgers received a total of 13 awards.

Helen Hayes (1900–1993), an actress, received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1932 and 1980, Hayes received a total of 7 awards. She was the first woman to win all four. Hayes was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular (non-group/ensemble/company) acting wins in each of the Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards, winning her third in 1953. Counting only the first award of each type, she also has the distinction of the longest timespan (45 years) between her first and fourth award of any showbiz Grand Slam winner.


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