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Sunday, January 26, 2014

EGOT

Recently, when Rita Moreno received her Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, it was mentioned that she is one of the few entertainers who are "EGOT" winners. EGOT means: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. EGOT is the entertainment grand-slam! (CLICK HERE to see article)

There are 11 EGOT winners:

RITA MORENO
RICHARD RODGERS
HELEN HAYES
JOHN GIELGUD
MEL BROOKS
MIKE NICHOLS
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
JONATHAN TUNICK
AUDREY HEPBURN
MARVIN HAMLISCH
TREY PARKER AND MATT STONE
SCOTT RUDIN

*LIZA MINNELLI (received an "honorary" Grammy which does not qualify, but has the other 3)
*BARBRA STREISAND (received an "honorary" Tony which does not qualify, but has the other 3)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

EGAD! ML