Black History Month Day 26 ~ African American EGOT Winners

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Posted: 2/26/11 at 11:29pm

Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955), is the first and only African American to receive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT) awards. She received her fourth distinct award in 2002. Between 1985 and 2009, Goldberg received a total of 6 awards. Goldberg is the most recent EGOT “winner”, the first to win the Oscar as their second award, and the first to win two of their awards in the same year (she won both her first Daytime Emmy and her Tony in 2002).

ACADEMY AWARDS:

1990 : Best Supporting Actress, Ghost

DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS:

2002 : Outstanding Special Class Special - Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (Host)

2009 : Outstanding Talk Show Host - The View (Co-Host)

GRAMMY AWARDS:

1985 : Best Comedy Recording - Whoopi Goldberg—Original Broadway Show Recording

TONY AWARDS:

2002 : Best Musical - Thoroughly Modern Millie (Co-Producer)

SPECIAL AWARDS:

1997 : Special Emmy Award, Governors Award, for the seven Comic Relief Benefit Specials

Notes: Goldberg is also two-time Golden Globe winner. Although she has never won a competitive Primetime Emmy award, she has been nominated several times.

(Source: one last time, Wikipedia!)

Updated On: 2/26/11 at 11:29 PM