EGOTs on deck: Who will win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award next
The 80-year-old actor has already won Emmys for “Gabriel’s Fire” and “Heat Wave,” a Grammy for “Great American Documents” and a Tony for “The Great White Hope” and “Fences.” He was nominated for
So far, only 10 stars have reached EGOT status,
By Emily Christianson, Los Angeles Times
What she has: Emmy (“Mildred Pierce”), Oscar (“The Reader”) and Grammy (“Listen to the Storyteller,” her spoken-word album for children).
What she needs: A Tony. Winslet tends to steer clear of the stage, preferring to star in movie adaptations of plays like “Carnage” or stage-friendly films like “Finding Neverland,” which will debut as a West End production in late 2012. However, the bright lights of Broadway may not be too far off now that the Brit is just one step away from EGOT. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
What he has: Grammy (“That’s What Friends Are For” and five others), Oscar (“The Lion King”) and Tony (“Aida”).
What he needs: An Emmy. Things were looking up for John in 2011 with his hosting gig on
What he has: Emmy (“Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin” and “
What he needs: A Tony. Williams made his Broadway acting debut in 2011 (he had his own one-man show “
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What she has: Emmy (“Sex and the City” and “Law and Order:
What she needs: An Oscar. Nixon needs to nab a juicy movie role if she hopes to take home an Academy Award. She tried with
What he has: Emmy (“Angels in America” and “You Don’t Know Jack”), Oscar (“Scent of a Woman”) and Tony (“Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?” and “The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel”).
What he needs: Who wouldn’t want to hear
What she has: Emmy (“Cher: The Farewell Tour”), Grammy (“Believe”) and Oscar (“Moonstruck”).
What she needs: Cher made her Broadway debut in Robert Altman’s “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” way back in 1982 and even sang at the Tony Awards the same year. With plenty of Broadway-centric performances since, it is hard to believe Cher hasn’t taken home that Tony yet. Now, director Andy Fickman wants to bring Cher’s life story to the stage, which raises the question: Could another actress win the Tony playing Cher before the icon wins one herself? (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
What he has: Emmy (“Elizabeth I” and “The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century”), Oscar (“Reversal of Fortune”) and Tony (“The Real Thing”).
What he needs: Irons likes to dabble in music -- remember his “Be Prepared” song on the “Lion King” movie soundtrack -- but it has never been his bread and butter. Ultimately, he will likely have better luck going the spoken-word route. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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What he has: Emmy (“The Life and Death of Peter Sellers”), Oscar (“Shine”) and Tony (“Exit the King”).
What he needs: He’s earned a triple crown in acting, but will he ever get that Grammy? Maybe not. He once joked that the acronym should really be GOTE, and so far getting his GOTE doesn’t seem to be on his agenda. (Phil Klein / Associated Press)
What she has: Emmy (“The Julie Andrews Hour” and “Broadway: The American Musical”), Grammy (“Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies”) and Oscar (“Mary Poppins”).
What she needs: When it comes to the Tony Awards, Andrews isn’t afraid to stir up some controversy. The potential EGOT declined her Tony nomination in 1996 for “Victor/Victoria” after the rest of the production was snubbed. Since that incident, she has lost the use of her singing voice, although she has returned to the stage in London.
Pictured: Julie Andrews and then-husband Tony Walton in 1965. (John Malmin / Los Angeles Times)
