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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.
Contents
- Winners of all four awards
- Additional major awards
- Including non competitive or special
- Additional major awards or honors
- Richard Rodgers
- Helen Hayes
- Rita Moreno
- John Gielgud
- Audrey Hepburn
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Jonathan Tunick
- Mel Brooks
- Mike Nichols
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Scott Rudin
- Robert Lopez
- Qualifying awards summary including non competitive awards
- Barbra Streisand
- Liza Minnelli
- James Earl Jones
- Alan Menken
- Harry Belafonte
- Three competitive awards
- Notes
- Three awards non competitive
- Four nominations
- PEGOT
- Franchises
- The Lion King
- Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- The Wizard of Oz
- Aladdin
- The Sound of Music
- Three competitive awards franchises
- References
Winners of all four awards
To date, twelve individuals have won all four awards in competitive categories.
Notes:
Additional major awards
Including non-competitive or special
Five other artists – 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.
Additional major awards or honors
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979), a composer, received his fourth distinct award in 1962. Between 1945 and 1979, Rodgers received a total of 13 awards.
- 1945: Best Song – "It Might as Well Be Spring" from State Fair
- 1962: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed – Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
- 1960: Best Show Album (Original Cast) – The Sound of Music
- 1962: Best Original Cast Show Album – No Strings
- 1950: Best Musical – South Pacific
- 1950: Tony Award for 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
- 1962: Special Tony Award "for all he has done for young people in the theatre and for taking the men of the orchestra out of the pit and putting them onstage in No Strings"
- 1972: Special Tony Award
- 1979: Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre
Helen Hayes
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.
- 1932: Best Actress in a Leading Role – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
- 1970: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Airport
- 1953: Best Actress – Schlitz Playhouse of Stars for the episode "Not a Chance"
- 1977: Best Spoken Word Recording – Great American Documents
- 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
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno (born 1931), an actress, received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1961 and 1978, Moreno received a total of five awards. She is also the first Hispanic winner and the first winner to win a Grammy as their second award (both previous winners won Tonys as their second award). In addition, she became a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2015.
- 1961: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – West Side Story
- 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 for the episode "The Paper Palace"
- 1972: Best Recording for Children – The Electric Company
- 1975: Best Featured or Supporting Actress in a Play – The Ritz
John Gielgud
John Gielgud (1904–2000), an actor, received his fourth distinct award in 1991. Between 1948 and 1991, Gielgud received a total of six awards. Gielgud was the first winner to win any award other than the Oscar as their first award (his first award was a Tony). At age 87 when he won his Emmy, he was also the oldest winner.
- 1981: Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Arthur
- 1991: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special – Summer's Lease
- 1979: Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording – Ages of Man
- 1948: Outstanding Foreign Company – The Importance of Being Earnest
- 1961: Best Director of a Drama – Big Fish, Little Fish
- 1959: Special Tony Award "for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play Ages of Man"
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993), an actress, received her fourth distinct award posthumously in 1994. Between 1953 and 1994, Hepburn received a total of six awards. She was the fifth person to complete the feat and the first to do so posthumously. She was also the first winner to win two of their awards in consecutive awards shows (the 1994 Grammys were the first Grammys since her posthumous win at the 1993 Emmys). She is one of the only two EGOT winners (the other being Jonathan Tunick) to not win multiple awards in any of the four award fields.
- 1953: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Roman Holiday
- 1993: Outstanding Individual Achievement, Informational Programming – Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
- 1994: Best Spoken Word Album for Children – Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
- 1954: Best Actress in a Drama – Ondine
- 1968: Special Tony Award, Special Achievement Award
- 1993: Special Academy Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012), a composer, received his fourth distinct award in 1995. Between 1973 and 2001, Hamlisch received a total of 12 awards. Hamlisch has the most Oscars of any Grand Slam winners (three). In 1974 he became the first winner to have won a "General Field" Grammy – taking Song of the Year and Best New Artist. He was also the first Grand Slam winner to have won multiple legs of the feat for the same work – an Oscar and a Grammy for song "The Way We Were".
- 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
- 1995: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction – Barbra: The Concert
- 1995: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – Barbra: The Concert
- 1999: Outstanding Music and Lyrics – AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
- 2001: Outstanding Music Direction – Timeless: Live in Concert
- 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
- 1976: Best Musical Score – A Chorus Line
Jonathan Tunick
Jonathan Tunick (born 1938), a composer, conductor, and music arranger, received his fourth distinct award in 1997. Between 1977 and 1997, Tunick received a total of four awards. Tunick is the first Grand Slam winner to have won an Emmy as their second award as well as the first to win the Tony as their fourth award. He is also the second person (after Audrey Hepburn) to not win any multiple awards in any of the four award fields.
- 1977: Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score – A Little Night Music
- 1982: Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction – Night of 100 Stars
- 1988: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals – "No One is Alone," Cleo Laine
- 1997: Best Orchestrations – Titanic
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks (born 1926), a director, writer and actor, received his fourth distinct award in June 2001. Between 1968 and 2002, Brooks received a total of 11 awards. Brooks was the first person to win the Emmy as the first award, and the first winner to have won his Oscar for screenwriting.
- 1968: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – The Producers
- 1967: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety – The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
- 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
- 1998: Best Spoken Comedy Album – The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000
- 2002: Best Long Form Music Video – Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
- 2002: Best Musical Show Album – The Producers
- 2001: Best Book of a Musical – The Producers
- 2001: Best Original Score – The Producers
- 2001: Best Musical – The Producers
When he appeared on the 26 January 2015 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Brooks called himself an EGOTAK, noting that he had also received awards from the American Film Institute and Kennedy Center.
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (1931–2014), a director, received his fourth distinct award in November 2001. Between 1961 and 2012, Nichols received a total of 15 awards. Nichols was the first person to complete the Grand Slam in the same year in which another individual (Mel Brooks) had previously completed it. Nichols was also the first slam winner to win the Grammy as their first award, the first winner to have won multiple awards (an Oscar, several Tonys, and two Emmys) for directing. When counting all awards won—not just the first of each type—Nichols has the longest timespan of awards among Grand Slam winners, at 51 years. He is tied with Scott Rudin for having the most number of awards, either competitive or special, with a total of 15.
- 1967: Best Director – The Graduate
- 2001: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special – Wit
- 2001: Outstanding Made for Television Movie – Wit (as Executive Producer)
- 2004: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special – Angels in America
- 2004: Outstanding Miniseries – Angels in America (as Executive Producer)
- 1961: Best Comedy Performance – An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May
- 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 (as producer)
- 1984: Best Director, Play – The Real Thing
- 1984: Best Play – The Real Thing (as producer)
- 2005: Best Director, Musical – Monty Python's Spamalot
- 2012: Best Director, Play – Death of a Salesman
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955), an actress, comedian and talk-show host, received her fourth distinct award in 2002. Between 1985 and 2009, Goldberg received a total of 6 awards. Goldberg is the first African American winner, the first to win the Oscar as their second award, and the first to win two of their awards in the same year (she won both her first Daytime Emmy and her Tony in 2002).
- 1990: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Ghost
- 2002: Outstanding Special Class Special – Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (Host)
- 2009: Outstanding Talk Show Host – The View
- 1985: Best Comedy Recording – Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording
- 2002: Best Musical – Thoroughly Modern Millie
- 1997: Special Emmy Award, Governors Award, for the seven Comic Relief Benefit Specials
Notes: Although she has never won a competitive Primetime Emmy award, she has been nominated several times. The fact that she does not have a competitive Primetime Emmy Award has led to debate over her inclusion in the "official list." In the 30 Rock episode "Dealbreakers Talk Show*#0001", Goldberg (playing herself) addresses this when questioned by character Tracy Jordan about her Daytime Emmy: "It still counts! Girl's gotta eat!"
Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin (born 1958) received his fourth distinct award in 2012. Between 1984 and 2016, Rudin received a total of 15 awards. Rudin is the first winner who is primarily a producer. Rudin is tied with Mike Nichols for having the most awards.
- 2007: Best Picture – No Country For Old Men
- 1984: Outstanding Children's Program – He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
- 2012: Best Musical Theater Album – The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- 1994: Best Musical – Passion
- 2000: Best Play – Copenhagen
- 2002: Best Play – The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
- 2005: Best Play – Doubt
- 2006: Best Play – The History Boys
- 2009: Best Play – God of Carnage
- 2010: Best Revival of a Play – Fences
- 2011: Best Musical – The Book of Mormon
- 2012: Best Revival of a Play – Death of a Salesman
- 2014: Best Revival of a Play – A Raisin in the Sun
- 2015: Best Play – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- 2015: Best Revival of a Play – Skylight
- 2016: Best Play – The Humans
- 2016: Best Revival of a Play – A View From the Bridge
Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez (born 1975), a songwriter, received his fourth distinct award in 2014. Between 2004 and 2015, Lopez received a total of 9 awards. Like fellow EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg, his Emmy awards are Daytime Emmys (although he has been nominated for a competitive Primetime Emmy award). Lopez is the youngest winner to receive all four awards in competitive categories, as well as the fastest to complete his qualifying run of EGOT award wins (10 years), and has the shortest time to complete any run of EGOT wins (4 years). He received his Grammy Award for The Book of Mormon in collaboration with fellow EGOT winner Scott Rudin (among others), making them the first pair of Grand Slam winners to have been co-winners of the same award. Lopez is also the first person to have won the Oscar last, which he won with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez. He is also the second Grand Slam winner, behind Marvin Hamlisch, to have won multiple legs of the feat for the same work – an Oscar and a Grammy for the song "Let It Go."
- 2014: Best Original Song - "Let It Go" from Frozen
- 2008: Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition - Wonder Pets
- 2010: Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition - Wonder Pets
- 2012: Best Musical Theater Album - The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- 2015: Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media - Frozen
- 2015: Best Song Written for Visual Media - "Let It Go" from Frozen
- 2004: Tony Award for Best Score - Avenue Q
- 2011: Best Book of a Musical - The Book of Mormon
- 2011: Best Original Score - The Book of Mormon
Qualifying awards summary (including non-competitive awards)
The following artists have also received all of the four major awards. However, in each case, one of these awards has been received only in an honorary or other non-competitive category. (Streisand has never received a competitive Tony, Minnelli has never received a competitive Grammy, Menken has never received a competitive Emmy and Belafonte and Jones have never received a competitive Oscar.)
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand (born 1942), a singer and actress, received her fourth distinct award in 1970. Between 1963 and 2001, Streisand received a total of 18 awards. Having completed the showbiz Grand Slam at age 28, she is the youngest winner, and with just six years elapsing between her first award (a 1964 Grammy) and her final award (a 1970 Special Tony), Streisand also completed the Grand Slam in the shortest amount of time. She is also the only winner to have won an Oscar in both a music and an acting category. She is also the only winner to have won all of her competitive awards for her debut performances (her first musical album, feature film and television special, respectively). In addition, she also received the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the National Medal of Arts, the American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governors Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- 1968: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Funny Girl
- 1976: Best Music, Song – "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
- 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
- 1964: Best Vocal Performance, Female – The Barbra Streisand Album
- 1964: Album Of The Year (Other Than Classical) – The Barbra Streisand Album
- 1965: Best Vocal Performance, Female – "People" (from the musical Funny Girl)
- 1966: Best Vocal Performance, Female – My Name Is Barbra
- 1977: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
- 1977: Song Of The Year, "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
- 1980: Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal – "Guilty" (with Barry Gibb)
- 1986: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female – The Broadway Album
- 1992: Special Grammy Award: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive)
- 1995: Special Grammy Award: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (non-competitive)
- 1970: Special Tony Award: Star of the Decade (non-competitive)
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli (born 1946), an actress and singer, received her fourth distinct award in 1990. Between 1965 and 2009, Minnelli received a total of 7 awards.
- 1972: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Cabaret)
- 1973: Outstanding Single Program − Variety and Popular Music (Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television)
- 1990: Special Grammy Award: Grammy Legend Award (non-competitive)
- 1965: Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Flora the Red Menace)
- 1974: Special Tony Award for "adding lustre to the Broadway season" (non-competitive)
- 1978: Best Leading Actress in a Musical (The Act)
- 2009: Best Special Theatrical Event (Liza's at The Palace...!)
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (born 1931), an actor, received his fourth distinct award in 2011. Between 1969 and 2011, Jones received a total of 7 awards.
- 2011: Academy Honorary Award (non-competitive)
- 1991: Outstanding Lead Actor − Drama Series (Gabriel's Fire)
- 1991: Outstanding Supporting Actor − Miniseries or a Movie (Heat Wave)
- 2000: Outstanding Performer − Children's Special (Summer's End)
- 1977: Best Spoken Word Recording (Great American Documents)
- 1969: Best Leading Actor in a Play (The Great White Hope)
- 1987: Best Leading Actor in a Play (Fences)
Alan Menken
Alan Menken (born 1949), composer and songwriter, received his fourth distinct award in 2012. Between 1989 and 2012, Menken received a total of 21 awards. Menken has the highest number of awards (21) of any grand slam winner, as well as the highest number of Grammy (11) and Oscar (8) wins by a grand slam winner. Menken is the second most prolific Oscar winner in the music categories after Alfred Newman. He is also notable for frequently having multiple songs from the same film nominated for major awards.
- 1989: Best Original Score – The Little Mermaid
- 1989: Best Original Song – "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid
- 1991: Best Original Score – Beauty and the Beast
- 1991: Best Original Song – Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast
- 1992: Best Original Score – Aladdin
- 1992: Best Original Song – "A Whole New World" from Aladdin
- 1995: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score – Pocahontas
- 1995: Best Original Song – "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas
- 1990: Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children – "Wonderful Ways to Say No" from the TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (non-competitive)
- 1991: Best Recording for Children – The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
- 1991: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid
- 1993: Best Musical Album for Children – Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 1993: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television – Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 1993: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast
- 1993: Song of the Year – "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" from Aladdin
- 1993: Best Musical Album for Children – Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 1993: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television – Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 1993: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "A Whole New World" from Aladdin
- 1996: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television – "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas
- 2012: Best Song Written for Visual Media – "I See the Light" from Tangled
- 2012: Best Original Score – Newsies
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born 1927), an actor, received his fourth distinct award in 2014. Between 1953 and 2014, Belafonte received a total of 6 awards.
- 2014: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (non-competitive)
- 1960: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (Tonight with Belafonte - The Revlon Revue)
- 1961: Best Performance Folk – Swing Dat Hammer
- 1966: Best Folk Performance – An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba
- 2000: Grammy Hall of Fame Award
- 1953: Best Featured Actor in a Musical – John Murray Anderson's Almanac
Three competitive awards
The following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in competitive categories.
Notes
† – Person is deceased. ◊ – Person has been nominated at least once for a competitive category of the missing award, but has failed to win. TC – Person joins EGOT winners Hayes and Moreno as winners of the Triple Crown of Acting, with singular (non-group/ensemble/company) acting wins in each of the Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards. NCA – Person won a Non-Competitive Award in this category (see section above). P – Person has won the Pulitzer PrizeThree awards (non-competitive)
In addition to the above winners, the following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in either competitive categories or noncompetitive special and honorary categories.
- Howard Ashman won two competitive Oscars, five competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Award for outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' anti-drug special for children.
- Fred Astaire won three competitive Emmy awards, a Special Academy Award, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Robert Russell Bennett won a competitive Emmy Award, a competitive Oscar, and two Special Tony Awards.
- Irving Berlin won an Academy Award, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a competitive Tony award.
- Walt Disney won 26 competitive Academy Awards, seven competitive Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Trustees Award.
- Ray Dolby won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award, two Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, and a Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award.
- Judy Garland won an Academy Juvenile Award, two competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Tony Award.
- Eileen Heckart won a competitive Academy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
- Quincy Jones won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (a non-competitive Academy Award), an Emmy Award, and 27 competitive Grammy Awards.
- Barry Manilow won two competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award.
- Steve Martin won the Honorary Academy Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and five competitive Grammy Awards.
- Bette Midler won three competitive Emmy Awards, three competitive Grammy Awards, and a Special Tony Award.
- Stephen Schwartz won three competitive Oscars, three competitive Grammys and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, a non-competitive Tony Award.
- Eli Wallach won a competitive Tony Award, a competitive Emmy Award, and an Academy Honorary Award.
- Oprah Winfrey won competitive Emmy Awards, a competitive Tony Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a non-competitive Academy Award.
Four nominations
The following people have not won all four awards in competitive categories, but have received at least one nomination for each of them:
Notes: While Judy Garland, Bette Midler, and Diana Ross never received any Tony nominations, they have each won a Special Tony Award, in addition to receiving at least one nomination in competitive categories for each of the other four awards. Howard Ashman has never received an Emmy nomination, but has won an Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children, in addition to receiving at least one nomination in competitive categories for each of the other four awards. Steve Martin has never received an Oscar nomination, but has won an Academy Honorary Award, in addition to receiving nominations in competitive categories for each of the other four awards. Only one artist, Lynn Redgrave, has been nominated at least once for each of the four awards without winning any.
PEGOT
A PEGOT winner is someone who has won all four EGOT awards as well as a Pulitzer Prize.
PEGOT winners:
- Richard Rodgers
- Marvin Hamlisch
People who have won a Pulitzer, and are only missing one EGOT award:
- Oscar Hammerstein II (missing an Emmy)
- Frank Loesser (missing an Emmy)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (missing an Oscar)
- Stephen Sondheim (missing an Emmy)
Of these four, only Miranda and Sondheim are still living. Miranda was nominated for a 2017 Oscar for Best Original Song but did not win.
Franchises
To date, five franchises have won the EGOT.
The Lion King
The Lion King won its fourth distinct award in 1998. With a span of four years between its first and fourth distinct awards, The Lion King is the fastest-ever EGOT in any form.
- 1995: Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer
- 1995: Best Original Song: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice
- 1996: Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program: Nathan Lane in Timon & Pumbaa
- 1995: Best Musical Album for Children: Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Chris Thomas, Hans Zimmer (producers) & various artists
- 1995: Best Spoken Word Album for Children: Ted Kryczko, Randy Thornton (producers) & Robert Guillaume for The Lion King Read-Along
- 1999: Best Musical Show Album- Mark Mancina (producer) for The Lion King
- 1998: Best Musical
- 1998: Best Scenic Design: Richard Hudson
- 1998: Best Costume Design: Julie Taymor
- 1998: Best Lighting Design: Donald Holder
- 1998: Best Direction of a Musical: Julie Taymor
- 1998: Best Choreography: Garth Fagan
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street won its fourth distinct award in 2008.
- 2008: Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 1985: Outstanding Performance In A Variety Or Music Program: George Hearn as Sweeney Todd for Great Performances: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 1985: Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program: Terry Hughes for Great Performances: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 1985: Outstanding Videotape Editing for a Limited Series or a Special: Jimmy B. Frazier for Great Performances: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 2015: Outstanding Special Class Program: Live from Lincoln Center – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert with the New York Philharmonic
- 1980: Best Cast Show Album: Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 1979: Best Musical
- 1979: Best Book of a Musical: Hugh Wheeler
- 1979: Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Stephen Sondheim
- 1979: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Len Cariou as Sweeney Todd
- 1979: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett
- 1979: Best Direction of a Musical: Harold Prince
- 1979: Best Scenic Design: Eugene Lee
- 1979: Best Costume Design: Franne Lee
- 2006: Best Direction of a Musical: John Doyle
- 2006: Best Orchestrations: Sarah Travis
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (or works directly based on the same) won its fourth distinct award in 2008.
- 1940: Best Original Score: Herbert Stothart
- 1940: Best Original Song: "Over the Rainbow" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Yip Harburg
- 1975: Best Musical: The Wiz
- 1975: Best Original Score: Charlie Smalls for The Wiz
- 1975: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: Ted Ross as The Cowardly Lion for The Wiz
- 1975: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Dee Dee Bridgewater as Glinda for The Wiz
- 1975: Best Direction of a Musical: Geoffrey Holder for The Wiz
- 1975: Best Costume Design: Geoffrey Holder for The Wiz
- 1975: Best Choreography: George Faison for The Wiz
- 2004: Best Actress in a Musical: Idina Menzel as Elphaba for Wicked
- 2004: Best Costume Design: Susan Hilferty for Wicked
- 2004: Best Scenic Design: Eugene Lee for Wicked
- 1975: Best Musical Theatre Album: Music composed by Charlie Smalls and Produced by Jerry Wexler for The Wiz
- 2004: Best Musical Theatre Album: Music composed, written, and produced by Steven Schwartz for Wicked
- 2008: Outstanding Make-up for a Series or a Movie (non prosthetic): Tin Man
- 2016: Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming: The Wiz Live!
Aladdin
Aladdin won its fourth distinct award in 2014.
- 1993: Best Original Score: Alan Menken
- 1993: Best Original Song: "A Whole New World" Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice
- 1995: Outstanding Music Direction and Composition: Mark Watters, John Given, Harvey Cohen, Carl Johnson and Thomas Richard Sharp for Aladdin
- 1995: Outstanding Film Sound Mixing: Deb Adair, Melissa Ellis, Jim Hodson, Timothy J. Garrity, Timothy J. Borquez and Bill Koepnick for Aladdin
- 1995: Outstanding Film Sound Editing: 18 individuals for Aladdin
- 1996: Outstanding Sound Mixing - Special Class: Michael Jiron, Allen L. Stone and Deb Adair for Aladdin
- 1994: Best Musical Album for Children: Alan Menken, Tim Rice (producers) & various artists
- 1994: Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television: Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" performed by Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson
- 1994: Song of the Year: Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" performed by Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson
- 1994: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)"
- 1994: Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television: Alan Menken (composer)
- 2014: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical: James Monroe Iglehart as the Genie for Aladdin
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music won its fourth distinct award in 2014.
- 1966: Best Picture: Robert Wise for The Sound of Music
- 1966: Best Director: Robert Wise for The Sound of Music
- 1966: Best Sound Mixing: James Corcoran and Fred Hynes for The Sound of Music
- 1966: Best Film Editing: William H. Reynolds for The Sound of Music
- 1966: Best Music, Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment: Irwin Kostal for The Sound of Music
- 2014: Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special: The Sound of Music Live!
- 1961: Best Show Album (Original Cast): Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers for The Sound of Music
- 1960: Best Musical
- 1960: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical: Mary Martin as Maria Von Trapp for The Sound of Music
- 1960: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical: Patricia Neway as Mother Abbess for The Sound of Music
- 1960: Best Conductor and Musical Director: Frederick Dvonch for The Sound of Music
- 1960: Best Scenic Design (Musical): Oliver Smith for The Sound of Music
Three competitive awards (franchises)
Thirty-five franchises have won three of the four awards. They are as follows, along with which awards they have won: