Who won an Oscar an Emmy and a Golden Globe?

Answer 1

Bob Fosse won an Oscar for Cabaret, aTony for Pippin, and an Emmy for Liza With a Z in the same year.

Answer 2

The Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards are considered the four major entertainment awards in American show business. 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.

Only ten people have won all four awards. Of those ten, five (5) have also won a Golden Globe.

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno (born 1931), an actress, received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1961 and 1978, Moreno received a total of 5 awards[10]. She is also the first Hispanic winner, the first winner to have won a Grammy in a singing category, and the first winner to win a Grammy as their second award (both previous winners won Tonys as their second award).

• Academy Awards: 1961 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - West Side Story
• Emmy Awards: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 Awards: 1972 : Best Recording For Children - The Electric Company
• Tony Awards: 1975 : Best Featured or Supporting Actress in a Play - The Ritz

Note: Moreno also won a Golden Globe and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, from President George W. Bush in 2004.

Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn (1929-1993), an actress, received her fourth distinct award posthumously in 1994. Between 1953 and 1994, Hepburn received a total of 6 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 win at the 1993 Emmys).

• Academy Awards: 1953 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Roman Holiday
• Emmy Awards: 1993 : Outstanding Individual Achievement, Informational Programming - Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
• Grammy Awards: 1994 : Best Spoken Word Album for Children - Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
• Tony Awards: 1954 : Best Actress in a Drama - Ondine

Special Awards:

1968 : Special Tony Award, Special Achievement Award

1993 : Special Academy Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Notes: Audrey Hepburn also won a Golden Globe.

Marvin HamlischMarvin Hamlisch (born 1944), 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 EGOT winners (3). He is the first Jewish winner and is also the first winner to have won "General Field" Grammys (Song of the Year and Best New Artist). He is also the only EGOT winner to have won multiple awards for the same work (The Way We Were won both the Oscar for Best Original Song and the Grammy for Song of the Year).

• Academy Awards: 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

• Emmy Awards: 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 Awards: 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

• Tony Awards: 1976 : Best Musical Score - A Chorus Line

Note: Hamlisch also received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Chorus Line in 1976, and twice received the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, with Life Is What You Make It in 1972 and The Way We Were in 1974.

Mike NicholsMike Nichols (born 1931), a director, received his fourth distinct award in November 2001. Between 1961 and 2005, Nichols received a total of 14 awards. Nichols was the first person to complete the Showbiz Award Grand Slam in the same year in which another individual (Mel Brooks) had previously completed it. Nichols was also the first EGOT winner to win the Grammy as their first award, the first first winner to have won multiple awards (an Oscar, several Tonys, and two Emmys) for directing, and has the most Tony awards (8) of any EGOT winner.

• Academy Awards: 1967 : Best Director - The Graduate
• Emmy Awards: 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 Awards: 1961 : Best Comedy Performance - An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May
• Tony Awards: 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

Notes: Nichols also won a Golden Globe.

Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg (born 1955), an actress, received her fourth distinct award in 2002. Between 1985 and 2009, Goldberg received a total of 6 awards[13]. Goldberg is the most recent winner, 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). She is also the only winner to have won only Daytime Emmys without winning any Primetime Emmys, a point which has occasionally led to debate about her inclusion in the list of EGOT winners.

• Academy Awards: 1990 : Best Supporting Actress, Ghost
• Daytime Emmy Awards: 2002 : Outstanding Special Class Special - Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (Host) 2009 : Outstanding Talk Show Host - The View (Co-Host)
• Grammy Awards: 1985 : Best Comedy Recording - Whoopi Goldberg-Original Broadway Show Recording
• Tony Awards: 2002 : Best Musical - Thoroughly Modern Millie (Co-Producer)

Special Awards: 1997 : Special Emmy Award, Governors Award, for the seven Comic Relief Benefit Specials

Notes: Goldberg is also a Golden Globe winner.

Barbara Streisand is not listed here because although she has received a Tony Award, she has never won a Tony Award.

Answer 3

No one has ever won the four awards in the same year. The person who did it fastest was Barbra Streisand, who won two 1963 Grammys for "The Barbra Streisand Album"; a 1965 Emmy for her TV special "My Name Is Barbra"; a 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress in "Funny Girl"; and a special Tony Award in 1970.

Answer 4

Numerous people have accomplished the feat, most recently Kate Winslet, who won an Emmy in 2011 for her performance in the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce." She won the 2008 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "The Reader" and two 2008 Golden Globes for "The Reader" and "Revolutionary Road."

Answer 5

It's been done by numerous people, most recently by Christopher Plummer. He received his first Academy Award in February 2012, after having won two Tony Awards and two Emmy Awards.