Who were the only two people to win Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony and Pulitzer awards?

Answer 1

Winning an Academy Award (Oscar), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award in their respective acting categories is known as winning the "Triple Crown" of acting awards; although it has also been accomplished by a set designer and a choreographer. Thirty-two (32) people have achieved this unusual accomplishment. The first person to do it was Thomas Mitchell. He won his first Emmy in 1953. He won his first Oscar in 1940, and he won his first Tony in 1953.

Other artists to accomplish this task are listed in chronological order.

1. 1940 Thomas Mitchell - First Emmy Award 1953 - First Oscar Award 1940 - First Tony Award 1953. He is the first actor to win the triple crown.
2. 1945 Helen Hayes - First Emmy Award 1962 - First Oscar Award 1945 - First Tony Award 1950. She also won a Grammy.
3. 1945 Ingrid Bergman - First Emmy Award 1960 - First Oscar Award 1945 - First ony Award 1947.
4. 1945 Richard Rodgers - First Emmy Award 1962 - First Oscar Award 1945 - First Tony Award 1950. He also won a Grammy.
5. 1948 Jessica Tandy - First Emmy Award 1988 - First Oscar Award 1990 - First Tony Award 1948.
6. 1949 Shirley Booth - First Emmy Award 1962 - First Oscar Award 1953 - First Tony Award 1949.
7. 1951 Maureen Stapleton - First Emmy Award 1968 - First Oscar Award 1982 - First Tony Award 1951.
8. 1953 Audrey Hepburn - First Emmy Award 1993 - First Oscar Award 1953 - First Tony Award 1954. She also won a Grammy.
9. 1955 Bob Fosse - First Emmy Award 1973 - First Oscar Award 1973 - First Tony Award 1955. He won all three awards in 1973.
10. 1958 Anne Bancroft - First Emmy Award 1970 - First Oscar Award 1963 - First Tony Award 1958.
11. 1959 Jason Robards - First Emmy Award 1988 - First Oscar Award 1977 - First Tony Award 1959.
12. 1960 Melvyn Douglas - First Emmy Award 1968 - First Oscar Award 1964 - First Tony Award 1960.
13. 1961 John Gielgud - First Emmy Award 1991 - First Oscar Award 1981 - First Tony Award 1961. He also won a Grammy.
14. 1961 Rita Moreno - First Emmy Award 1977 - First Oscar Award 1961 - First Tony Award 1975. She also won a Grammy.
15. 1962 Paul Scofield - First Emmy Award 1969 - First Oscar Award 1967 - First Tony Award 1962.
16. 1964 Mike Nichols - First Emmy Award 2001 - First Oscar Award 1967 - First Tony Award 1964. He also won a Grammy.
17. 1965 Barbra Streisand - First Emmy Award 1965 - First Oscar Award 1968 - First Tony Award 1970. Her Tony Award was not competitive. She also won a
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    1965 Jack Albertson - First Emmy Award 1965 - First Oscar Award 1968 - First Tony Award 1965.

19. 1965 Liza Minnelli - First Emmy Award 1973 - First Oscar Award 1972 - First Tony Award 1965. She also has a Special Grammy Award
20. 1968 Mel Brooks - First Emmy Award 1997 - First Oscar Award 1968 - First Tony Award 2001. He also won a Grammy.
21. 1969 Al Pacino - First Emmy Award 2004 - First Oscar Award 1993 - First Tony Award 1969.
22. 1970 Maggie Smith - First Emmy Award 2003 - First Oscar Award 1970 - First Tony Award 1990.
23. 1973 Marvin Hamlisch - First Emmy Award 1995 - First Oscar Award 1973 - First Tony Award 1976. He also won a Grammy.
24. 1973 Ralph Burns - First Emmy Award 1980 - First Oscar Award 1973 - First Tony Award 1999.
25. 1973 Tony Walton - First Emmy Award 2009 - First Oscar Award 1980 - First Tony Award 1973. He is the only designer to win these three awards.
26. 1975 Ellen Burstyn - First Emmy Award 2009 - First Oscar Award 1975 - First Tony Award 1975.
27. 1977 Jonathan Tunick - First Emmy Award 1982 - First Oscar Award 1977 - First Tony Award 1997. He also won a Grammy.
28. 1978 Vanessa Redgrave - First Emmy Award 1981 - First Oscar Award 1978 - First Tony Award 2003.
29. 1984 Jeremy Irons - First Emmy Award 1997 - First Oscar Award 1991 - First Tony Award 1984.
30. 1984 Scott Rudin - First Emmy Award 1984 - First Oscar Award 2008 - First Tony Award 1994.
31. 1990 Whoopi Goldberg - First Emmy Award 2002 - First Oscar Award 1990 - First Tony Award 2002. She also won a Grammy.
32. 1997 Geoffrey Rush - First Emmy Award 2005 - First Oscar Award 1997 - First Tony Award 2009.

Answer 2

The Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards are considered the four major entertainment awards in American show business. They are each presented annually, the awards honor outstanding achievements, respectively, in film, television, music, and theater. Winning all four awards has been called the Showbiz Award Grand Slam or EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony).

The first person to accomplish this unusual achievement was Richard Rodgers (1902- 1979). He was an American composer of music for songs, Broadway musicals, films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Oscar Hammerstein II. His compositions have had a significant impact on popular music down to the present day, and have an enduring broad appeal.

• He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for: State Fair (1945) Shared with: Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) For the song "It Might as Well Be Spring"
• He won three Tony Award in 1950 for South Pacific: Best Musical, Best Score and Best Producer
• He won a Grammy Award in 1960 Best Show Album for Sound of Music (1960) Shared with Oscar Hammerstein II
• He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television for: "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years" (1960)

He also won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950 for South Pacific. Shared with Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan

Answer 3

On March 19, 1953, Shirley Booth won the 1952 Best Actress Oscar for her debut film performance in "Come Back, Little Sheba." Ten days later, on March 29, 1953, she won dramatic actress Tony for "The Time of the Cuckoo."

Answer 4

As of March 2, 2014, 12 people have won all four awards in competitive categories. They are:

• Sir John Gielgud (actor).
• Whoopi Goldberg (actress).
• Helen Hayes (actress).
• Audrey Hepburn (actress).
• Rita Moreno (actress).
• Marvin Hamlisch (composer).
• Richard Rodgers (composer).
• Jonathan Tunick (composer).
• Mel Brooks (comedian-actor-director-screenwriter-producer).
• Mike Nichols (director-comedian).
• Scott Rudin (producer).
• Robert Lopez (songwriter).
  

Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand and James Earl Jones also have received all of the four major entertainment honors, although some of their awards were special presentations and not competitive.

Answer 5

Pulitzer Prize winners who won an Oscar

Sidney Howard won the Oscar for Gone with the Wind(posthumously)

William Inge won the Oscar for Splendor in the Grass

Horton Foote for To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies

Larry McMurtry for Brokeback Mountain

John Patrick Shanley for Moonstruck

Alfred Uhry for Driving Miss Daisy (adapted his own award-winning play)

Answer 6

Composers Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch were the only people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards, in addition to a Pulitzer Prize. Rodgers (1902-1979) was the first person ever to achieve EGOT status (winning the four entertainment awards) in 1962. He and his frequent collaborator Oscar Hammerstein II were awarded a special 1944 award for their musical "Oklahoma!"

Hamlisch (1944-2012) was acknowledged with a 1975 Pulitzer for his music for the Broadway musical ''A Chorus Line'' (shared with lyricist Edward Kleban, director Michael Bennett, and book writers James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante).

Answer 7

Bono, lead singer of Irish rock band U2, is the only person to ever have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Academy Award, Golden Globe award, and Grammy Award. Whew!

Answer 8

Only Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch have won all five awards.