The four most coveted awards in the performing arts- if you have these four, it's clear that you are a definitive presence in movies, television, music and stage work. Very few people have ever achieved this, and several made it in on technicalities- Liza and Barbra famously are considered "semi-EGOTs" because their awards were given as special recognitions and not competitive wins.
The question now is, who will be the next EGOT? They will undoubtedly be a familiar stage presence, since they need to either already have or someday win a Tony to get their required T.
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From there, here are the (still living) people who need just one more award:
MISSING TONY AWARD Julie Andrews Burt Bacharach Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Cher Michael Giacchino Randy Newman Sid Ramin Barbra Streisand John Williams Robin Williams
MISSING GRAMMY AWARD Ellen Burstyn Jeremy Irons Liza Minnelli Al Pacino Vanessa Redgrave Scott Rudin Geoffrey Rush Maggie Smith Tony Walton
MISSING EMMY AWARD Elton John Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Stephen Sondheim
MISSING ACADEMY AWARD Harry Belafonte Martin Charnin Julie Harris James Earl Jones John Kander Cynthia Nixon Marc Shaiman Charles Strouse Lily Tomlin Dick Van Dyke
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Back in the mid-1990's, I used to visit the AOL "Playbill-on-Line Chat Room". Marc Shaiman was a regular visitor, and on his AOl profile, he listed his occupation as "Multi-Oscar-Losing Composer".
It's still hard to believe Barbra didn't win a Tony. I also agree with the poster who thinks it shouldn't count if you were a co-producer. Really shouldn't.
All of the people still waiting for Grammys simply have to voice an audiobook! Celebs always win those. Come on, Maggie Smith!
Somebody should adapt a Sondheim show fot TV (Into the Woods maybe?) so he can win an Emmy. And Dame Andrews ought to win a Lifetime Tony or something one of these days.