Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — PICS

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February 21, 2019 8:55PM EST

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — On Feb. 24, 2019 Glenn Close joined a prestigious club by securing the triple win of acting with her Best Actress Oscar for ‘The Wife’. Glenn is also a Tony and Emmy winner.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Viola Davis has also won the three big acting awards – an Oscar, an Emmy and two Tonys.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — ‘American Horror Story’ star Jessica Lange is also among the Triple Acting Crown winners having scooped up Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Oscar-winner Maggie Smith has also won Emmys for ‘Downton Abbey’ and a Best Actress Tony in 1990 for ‘Lettice and Lovage’.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Helen Mirren has wowed critics and fans alike with her Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winning roles in projects like ‘The Queen’ and ‘The Audience’.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Of course acting heavyweight Frances McDormand is a member of the Triple Crown club. She won her most recent Oscar Award in 2018 for her role in ‘Three Billboards’.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Ellen Burstyn won a Best Actress Oscar in 1975 for her role in ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’. She is also a Tony and Emmy award winner.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — When you’re a legend in your own lifetime like Al Pacino, of course you’re going to be an Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Jeremy Irons’ prestigious career has led to his Emmy, Oscar and Tony wins.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Born into an acting family, Vanessa Redgrave is also a Triple Crown winner.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Who doesn’t love Rita Moreno? The woman who won the 1962 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her phenomenal performance in ‘West Side Story’ is a legend who has more than earned Triple Crown status.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Canadian actor Christopher Plummer has won multiple awards during his decades-long career, including the Oscar, the Emmy and the Tony.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Geoffrey Rush is an actor’s actor who has more than deserved his Oscar (for ‘Shine’), his Emmy (for ‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers) and his Tony (for ‘Exit the King’).

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — The late Helen Hayes (right) was also a triple crown winner who won two Oscars, including the Best Supporting Actress award for the 1970 film ‘Airport’.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Famed for roles in ‘Gone With the Wind’ and ‘Our Town’, the late Thomas Mitchell was also an Emmy, Oscar and Tony award winner.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — ‘Casablanca’ star Ingrid Bergman was a three-time Oscar winner who also scooped up Emmy and Tony awards.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Acting great Shirley Booth is also a member of the Triple Crown club.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Two-time Oscar-winner Melvyn Douglas was also an Emmy and Tony award winner.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Paul Scofield died in 2008 having won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Veteran actor Jack Albertson (left) was also a triple crown winner.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Mauren Stapleton – who won a Best Actress Oscar in 1982 for ‘Reds’ – was also an Emmy and Tony award winner.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Jason Robards was one of the lead character actors of his generation. No surprise then that he too won Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — She won a Best Actress Oscar for the 1989 film ‘Driving Miss Daisy’, but triple crown winner Jessica Tandy’s career was legendary even before then.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Anne Bancroft walked away with a Best Actress Oscar for 1962’s ‘The Miracle Worker’ but she also won an Emmy in 1970 and Tonys in 1958 and 1960.

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Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting

Stars Who’ve Achieved The Triple Crown In Acting — Long before she became a (now retired) politician, Glenda Jackson was a household name as an actress who wowed her peers by becoming an Emmy, Oscar and Tony award winner.

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