As of 2024, who took the longest time to achieve an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards)?

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 American performing art awards. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, audio recording, film, and Broadway theatre. Achieving the EGOT has been referred to as the "grand slam" of American show business.

American actress Helen Hayes (1900–1993) received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1932 and 1980, Hayes received a total of six competitive awards. She was the first woman and the first performer to win all four. Hayes was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting, with individual acting wins in each of the Emmy, Oscar, and Tony awards, winning her third in 1953. Counting only the first award of each type, she also has the longest interval (45 years) between her first and fourth award of any EGOT winner.