The Triple Crown of Acting is a distinction in American media (though there is a British equivalent), recognizing performers who have achieved the top award in acting in the three major award shows. Oscars for cinema, Emmys for Television, and Tonys for theater.
The following is a list of the films that were nominated for Oscars which then contributed to a creator's path to the Triple Crown of Acting. The notes will include what the qualifying Oscar was and who it qualified.
Only 24 people have achieved this recognition. They are as follows, with the dates of their first qualifier for each of the three.
- Helen Hayes: O-1931, T-1947, E-1953; 22 years
- Thomas Mitchell: O-1939, E-1953, T-1953: 13…
The Triple Crown of Acting is a distinction in American media (though there is a British equivalent), recognizing performers who have achieved the top award in acting in the three major award shows. Oscars for cinema, Emmys for Television, and Tonys for theater.
The following is a list of the films that were nominated for Oscars which then contributed to a creator's path to the Triple Crown of Acting. The notes will include what the qualifying Oscar was and who it qualified.
Only 24 people have achieved this recognition. They are as follows, with the dates of their first qualifier for each of the three.
- Helen Hayes: O-1931, T-1947, E-1953; 22 years
- Thomas Mitchell: O-1939, E-1953, T-1953: 13 years
- Ingrid Bergman: O-1944, T-1947, E-1960; 16 years
- Shirley Booth: T-1949, O-1952, E-1962; 13 years
- Melvyn Douglas: T-1960, O-1963, E-1968; 8 years
- Paul Scofield: T-1962, O-1966, E-1969; 7 years
- Jack Albertson: T-1965, O-1968, E-1975; 10 years
- Rita Moreno: O-1961, T-1975, E-1977; 16 years
- Maureen Stapleton: T-1951, E-1967, O-1981; 30 years
- Jason Robards: T-1959, O-1976, E-1988; 31 years
- Jessica Tandy: T-1947, E-1088, O-1989: 42 years
- Jeremy Irons: T-1984, O-1990, E-1997; 13 years
- Anne Bancroft: T-1958, O-1962, E-1999; 41 years
- Vanessa Redgrave: O-1977, E-1981, T-2003: 26 years
- Maggie Smith: O-1969, T-1990, E-2003; 34 years
- Al Pacino: T-1969, O-1992, E-2004: 35 years
- Geoffrey Rush: O-1996, E-2005, T-2009; 13 years
- Ellen Burstyn: O-1974, T-1975, E-2009; 35 years
- Christopher Plummer: T-1974, E-1977, O-2011; 37 years
- Helen Mirren: E-1996, O-2006, T-2015: 19 years
- Frances McDormand: O-1996, T-2011, E-2015; 19 years
- Jessica Lange: O-1982, E-2009, T-2016; 34 years
- Viola Davis: T-2001, E-2015, O-2016: 15 years
- Glenda Jackson: O-1970, E-1972, T-2018: 48 years