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EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of the major performing art awards in the United States of America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television , audio recording, film , and Broadway theatre . [ 3 ]
Robert Lopez was born in Manhattan, to Katherine (Lowe) and Frank Lopez. [3] [4] He is partly of Filipino descent through his father (who was born on a ship in the middle of the ocean after departing Manila); his paternal grandfather was Filipino, and his paternal grandmother was of half Filipino and half Scottish-American descent (both originally resided in Manila). [5]
Of only twenty-one people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award, nicknamed by Philip Michael Thomas in 1984 as the "EGOT", he is the youngest (at 39 years and 8 days old) to win all four, and is the only person to have won all four awards more than once—Emmy (4), Grammy (3), Oscar (2) and Tony (3).
Only 21 stars to date have earned the most coveted honor in Hollywood: the EGOT. The awe-inspiring acronym is shorthand for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, the four highest achievements one can ...
EGOT, often referred to as the “grand slam” of entertainment awards, originated from the dream of a Miami Vice star nearly 40 years ago. Coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas, best known for ...
Having acted in over 150 films, Goldberg is one of the few people to achieve the EGOT, having won the four major American awards for professional entertainers: an Emmy (Television), a Grammy (Music), an Oscar (Film), and a Tony (Theater). [1] Goldberg has received two Academy Award nominations, for The Color Purple and Ghost, winning for Ghost.
10. Whoopi Goldberg. The first Black EGOT winner, Goldberg won a Grammy in 1986 for her self-titled comedy album and an Oscar in 1990 for her role in Ghost.In 2002 she won both an Emmy, for ...
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT".