Did you know who won a Grammy, Oscar, Emmy and a Tony Award?

Did you know that:

To this date their has only been 13 people to ever achieve such a feat!

Nine of the artists have each won all four of the major American entertainment awards in standard competitive categories.

Now only 4 people have won four major entertainment awards include the Academy Award (or Oscar), the Primetime Emmy Award, the Grammy Award, and the Tony Award.

Now it was not enough that Two of these artists, Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch, won those 4 awards but they each won the Pulitzer Prize as well.

This list is arranged in chronological order by the date on which each artist completed receiving all four of the major awards.

Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
Richard Rodgers received his fourth distinct award in 1962:
Academy Award
1945 : Best Song - "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair
Emmy Award
1962 : Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed - Winston Churchill-The Valiant Years
Grammy Award
1960 : Best Show Album (Original Cast) - The Sound of Music
1962 : Best Original Cast Show Album - No Strings
Tony Award
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
Special Award
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
Note: Rodgers also received a Pulitzer Prize Special Award and Citation in Letters for Oklahoma! in 1944 and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for South Pacific in 1950.

Helen Hayes (1900–1993)
Helen Hayes received her fourth distinct award in 1976:
Academy Award
1932 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1970 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Airport
Emmy Award
1953 : Best Actress - Not A Chance (Schlitz Playhouse)
Grammy Award
1976 : Best Spoken Word Recording - Great American Documents
Tony Award
1947 : Best Actress, Dramatic - Happy Birthday
1958 : Best Actress, Dramatic - Time Remembered
Special Award
1980 : Special Tony Award, Lawrence Langner Memorial Award for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre

Rita Moreno (1931— )
Rita Moreno received her fourth distinct award in 1977:
Academy Award
1961 : Best Actress in a Supporting Role - West Side Story
Emmy Award
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 Award
1972 : Best Recording For Children - The Electric Company
Tony Award
1975 : Best Featured or Supporting Actress in a Play - The Ritz

John Gielgud (1904–2000)
Sir John Gielgud received his fourth distinct award in 1991:
Academy Award
1981 : Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Arthur
Emmy Award
1991 : Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Summer's Lease
Grammy Award
1979 : Best Spoken Word Documentary or Drama - Ages of Man
Tony Award
1961 : Best Director of a Drama - Big Fish, Little Fish
Special Award
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"
Gielgud is the only Briton to have won all four awards, and the only gay man to do so as well.

Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993)
Audrey Hepburn received her fourth distinct award in 1994:
Academy Award
1953 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Roman Holiday
Emmy Award
1993 : Outstanding Individual Achievement, Informational Programming - Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
Grammy Award
1994 : Best Spoken Word Album for Children - Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales
Tony Award
1954 : Best Actress in a Drama - Ondine
Special Award
1968 : Special Tony Award, Special Achievement Award
1993 : Special Academy Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award





Marvin Hamlisch (1944— )
Marvin Hamlisch received his fourth distinct award in 1995:
Academy Award
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 Award
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 Award
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 Award
1976 : Best Musical Score - A Chorus Line
Note: Hamlisch also received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Chorus Line in 1976.

Jonathan Tunick (1938— )
Jonathan Tunick received his fourth distinct award in 1997:
Academy Award
1977 : Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score - A Little Night Music
Emmy Award
1982 : Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction - Night of 100 Stars
Grammy Award
1988 : Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals - "No One Is Alone", Cleo Laine
Tony Award
1997 : Best Orchestrations - Titanic







Mel Brooks (1926— )
Mel Brooks received his fourth distinct award in June 2001:
Academy Award
1968 : Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - The Producers
Emmy Award
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 Award
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
Tony Award
2001 : Best Book of a Musical - The Producers
2001 : Best Original Score - The Producers
2001 : Best Musical - The Producers

Mike Nichols (1931— )
Mike Nichols received his fourth distinct award in November 2001:
Academy Award
1967 : Best Director - The Graduate
Emmy Award
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 Award
1961 : Best Comedy Performance - An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May
Tony Award
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

Winners of the four major entertainment awards under qualified criteria To date, four artists have each won all four of the major entertainment awards under qualified criteria. In particular, Whoopi Goldberg and Andrew Lloyd Webber have each won the four major entertainment awards when the criteria are qualified to include either the Daytime Emmy Awards or the International Emmy Awards. Furthermore, Liza Minnelli, Whoopi Goldberg, and Barbra Streisand have each won the four major entertainment awards when the criteria are qualified to include either noncompetitive honorary awards or noncompetitive special awards. This list is arranged in chronological order by the date on which each artist completed receiving all four of the major awards under qualified criteria.

Barbra Streisand (1942— )
Academy Award
1968 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Funny Girl
1977 : Best Music, Song - A Star Is Born
Emmy Award
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 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
Tony Award
No competitive award
Special Award
1970 : Special Tony Award
1995 : Special Grammy Award, Lifetime Achievement Award

Liza Minnelli (1946— )
Academy Award
1972 : Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cabaret
Emmy Award
1973 : Outstanding Single Program - Variety and Popular Music - Singer Presents Liza with a 'Z'
Grammy Award
No competitive award
Tony Award
1965 : Best Actress (Musical) - Flora the Red Menace
1978 : Best Actress (Musical) - The Act
Special Award
1974 : Special Tony Award
1990 : Special Grammy Award, Grammy Legend Awards

Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948— )
Academy Award
1996 : Best Music, Original Song - "You Must Love Me" from Evita
Emmy Award
No competitive award
Grammy Award
1980 : Best Cast Show Album - Evita
1983 : Best Cast Show Album - Cats
1985 : Best Contemporary Composition - Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Tony Award
1980 : Best Original Score - Evita
1983 : Best Original Score - Cats
1995 : Best Original Score - Sunset Boulevard
International Emmy Award
2001 : Performing Arts - Jesus Christ Superstar
Special Award
1990 : Special Grammy Award, Grammy Legend Awards
Note: The 2000 television video version of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar received an International Emmy Award in the Performing Arts category. The award was technically presented to the production company (Universal Pictures Visual Programming Presents A Really Useful Films Production) and not specifically to Webber or Rice. Webber, however, is founder of the Really Useful Group.

Whoopi Goldberg (1955— )
Academy Award
1990 : Best Supporting Actress, Ghost
Emmy Award
No competitive award
Grammy Award
1985 : Best Comedy Recording - Whoopi Goldberg--Original Broadway Show Recording
Tony Award
2002 : Best Musical - Thoroughly Modern Millie (Co-Producer)
Special Award
1997 : Special Emmy Award, Governors Award, for the seven Comic Relief Benefit Specials
Daytime Emmy Award
2002 : Outstanding Special Class Special - Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (Host)

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