Ellen Burstyn's Audiobook in Contention for Grammy
The self-narrated poetry collection could complete Burstyn's EGOT and make her the oldest person to achieve the feat.
Ellen Burstyn's audiobook Poetry Says It Better: Poems to Help You Wake Up, which she narrated herself, is a contender for the Grammy for best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording, according to Variety.
A win would complete Burstyn's EGOT and make her the oldest person ever to achieve it. John Gielgud currently holds that distinction, having completed his EGOT at 87. Burstyn turns 94 in December.
She would be the seventh woman to complete an EGOT, after Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson and Viola Davis.
The collection was published in April by HarperCollins and received a Kirkus Star and an Earphones Award.
Earlier honours
In 1975 she won the Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and the Tony for Same Time, Next Year in the same year. She later won Emmys for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2009 and Political Animals in 2013.
In September 2025 she accepted the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival, presented at the screening of Maggie Gyllenhaal's short Flesh Impact.
Quick answers
What is Ellen Burstyn's audiobook called?
Poetry Says It Better: Poems to Help You Wake Up, published in April by HarperCollins and narrated by Burstyn herself.
Would a Grammy complete Ellen Burstyn's EGOT?
Yes. A win in the best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording category would complete her EGOT and make her the oldest person ever to achieve it.
How old is Ellen Burstyn?
She turns 94 in December.