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 of American show business. Two of the people on the list, Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch are also recipients of the Pulitzer Prize.

There are currently nine people who have won all four awards in standard competitive categories:

  • Mel Brooks
    • 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
    • Grammy: 3:
      • 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
    • Oscar: 1968 : Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - The Producers
    • Tony: 3:
  • John Gielgud (1904-2000)
    • Emmy: 1991 : Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Summer's Lease
    • Grammy: 1979 : Best Spoken Word Documentary or Drama - Ages of Man (album)
    • Oscar: 1981 : Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur
    • Tony: 1 (plus a Special Award):
      • 1959 : Special Award "for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man play Ages of Man (play)
      • 1961 : Best Director of a Drama - Big Fish, Little Fish
  • Marvin Hamlisch
    • 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
    • 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:
    • Tony: 1976 : Best Musical Score - A Chorus Line
  • Helen Hayes (1900-1993)
    • Emmy: 1953 : Best Actress
    • Grammy: 1976 : Best Spoken Word Recording - Great American Documents
    • Oscar: 2:
    • Tony: 2 (plus a Special Award):
      • 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
  • Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
    • Emmy: 1993 : Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
    • Grammy: 1994 : Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children - Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
    • Oscar: 1 (plus a special award):
      • 1953 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Roman Holiday
      • 1993 : Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
    • Tony: 2:
      • 1954 : Best Actress in a Drama - Ondine
      • 1968 : Special Achievement Award
  • Rita Moreno
    • 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 for the episode The Paper Palace
    • Grammy: 1972 : Best Recording For Children - The Electric Company
    • Oscar: 1961 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - West Side Story
    • Tony: 1975 : Best Featured or Supporting Actress in a Play - The Ritz
  • Mike Nichols
    • Emmy: 4:
      • 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
    • Grammy: 1961 : Best Comedy Performance - An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May
    • Oscar: 1967 : Best Director - The Graduate
    • 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 as Producer
      • 1984 : Best Director, Play - The Real Thing
      • 2005 : Best Director, Musical - Monty Python's Spamalot
  • Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
    • Emmy: 1962 : Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed - Winston Churchill-The Valiant Years
    • 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
    • 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
      • 1962 : Special 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 Award
      • 1979 : Special Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre
  • Jonathan Tunick
    • Emmy: 1982 : Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction - Night of 100 Stars
    • Grammy: 1988 : Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals - "No One Is Alone", Cleo Laine
    • Oscar: 1977 : Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score - A Little Night Music
    • Tony: 1997 : Best Orchestrations - Titanic

If the Daytime Emmy Awards are included, comedian Whoopi Goldberg also qualifies.

  • Whoopi Goldberg
    • Emmy: 2002 : Outstanding Special Class Special, Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (Host)
    • Grammy: 1985 : Best Comedy Recording, Whoopi Goldberg--Original Broadway Show Recording
    • Oscar: 1990 : Best Supporting Actress, Ghost
    • Tony: 2002 : Best Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Co-Producer)

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. They are:

  • Barbra Streisand
    • 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
    • Grammy: 9 (plus one Special Merit Award):
      • 1963 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - The Barbra Streisand Album
      • 1963 : Album Of The Year (Other Than Classical) - The Barbra Streisand Album
      • 1964 : Best Score From An Original Cast Show Album - Funny Girl
      • 1964 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - People (From the musical Funny Girl)
      • 1965 : Best Vocal Performance, Female - My Name Is Barbra
      • 1977 : Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female - Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
      • 1977 : Song Of The Year, Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
      • 1980 : Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - Guilty (with Barry Gibb)
      • 1986 : Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female - The Broadway Album
      • 1995 : Lifetime Achievement Award
    • Oscar: 2:
    • Tony: Star of the Decade in 1970
  • Liza Minnelli
    • Emmy: 1973 : Outstanding Single Program - Variety and Popular Music - Singer Presents Liza with a 'Z'
    • Grammy: Recipient in 1990 of a "Special Merit Award", called the Grammy Legend Award, from the Recording Academy Association, which also grants Grammy Awards.
    • Oscar: 1972 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cabaret
    • Tony: 2 (plus one Special Award):

If International Emmy Awards are included, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber would also qualify. He has received seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, one Academy Award, and one International Emmy. Disclaimer: The 2000 version of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar received an International Emmy Award in the Performing Arts category. Technically, the award was presented to the production company (Universal Pictures Visual Programming Presents A Really Useful Films Production) not specifically to Webber and Rice. In addition, Webber is founder of the Really Useful Group.

The following people have won 3 of the 4 major entertainment awards in competitive categories (as of December 2006):

Oscar, Emmy and Tony Winners:

Oscar, Tony and Grammy Winners:

Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Winners:

Emmy, Tony and Grammy Winners:

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