February 22, 2012

Child Oscar Nominees

*under the age of 18 at the time of the ceremony

Competitive



Jackie Cooper
Age: 9
Film: SKIPPY
Award: Best Actor
Date of Birth: September 15, 1922
Date of Ceremony: November 10, 1931

*as of 2012, only child to be nominated for Best Actor


Bonita Granville
Age: 14
Film: THESE THREE
Award: Best Supporting Actor
Date of Birth: February 2, 1923
Date of Ceremony: March 4, 1937


Brandon de Wilde
Age: 11
Film: SHANE
Award: Best Supporting Actor
Date of Birth: April 9, 1942
Date of Ceremony: March 25, 1954


Sal Mineo
Age: 17
Film: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Award: Best Supporting Actor
Date of Birth: January 10, 1939
Date of Ceremony: March 21, 1956


Patty McCormack
Age: 11
Film: THE BAD SEED
Award: Best Supporting Actor
Date of Birth: August 21, 1945
Date of Ceremony: March 27, 1957


Patty Duke
Age: 16
Film: THE MIRACLE WORKER
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: December 14, 1946
Date of Ceremony: April 8, 1963


Mary Badham
Age: 10
Film: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: October 7, 1952
Date of Ceremony: April 8, 1963


Jack Wild
Age: 16
Film: OLIVER!
Award: Best Supporting Actor
Date of Birth: September 30, 1952
Date of Ceremony: April 14, 1969


Tatum O'Neal
Age: 10
Film: PAPER MOON
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: November 5, 1963
Date of Ceremony: April 2, 1974

*as of 2012, the youngest person to win a competitive Oscar


Linda Blair
Age: 15
Film: THE EXORCIST
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: January 22, 1959
Date of Ceremony: April 2, 1974


Jodie Foster
Age: 14
Film: TAXI DRIVER
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: November 19, 1962
Date of Ceremony: March 28, 1977

* interesting note: Foster played the character that Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar for in the television series, "Paper Moon" in 1974
*since her first nomination, she has been nominated three more times and won 2 Best Actress Oscars


Quinn Cummings
Age: 10
Film: THE GOODBYE GIRL
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: August 13, 1967
Date of Ceremony: April 3, 1978


Justin Henry
Age: 8
Film: KRAMER VS. KRAMER
Award: Best Supporting Actor
Date of Birth: May 25, 1971
Date of Ceremony: April 14, 1980

*as of 2013, the youngest person ever to be nominated for a competitive Oscar


Anna Paquin
Age: 11
Film: THE PIANO
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: July 24, 1982
Date of Ceremony: March 21, 1994


Haley Joel Osment
Age: 11
Film: THE SIXTH SENSE
Award: Best Supporting Actor
Date of Birth: April 10, 1988
Date of Ceremony: March 26, 2000


Keisha Castle-Hughes
Age: 13
Film: WHALE RIDER
Award: Best Actress
Date of Birth: March 24, 1990
Date of Ceremony: February 29, 2004


Abigail Breslin
Age: 10
Film: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: April 14, 1996
Date of Ceremony: February 25, 2007


Saoirse Ronan
Age: 13
Film: ATONEMENT
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: April 12, 1994
Date of Ceremony: February 24, 2008


Hailee Steinfeld
Age: 14
Film: TRUE GRIT
Award: Best Supporting Actress
Date of Birth: December 11, 1996
Date of Ceremony: February 27, 2011


Quvenzhané Wallis
Age: 9
Film: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Award: Best Actress
Date of Birth: August 28, 2003
Date of Ceremony: February 24, 2013



***Juliette Lewis was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 1992 for her work in "Cape Fear". She didn't make our list, despite being 16-years-old during filming, because she was 18 at the time of the ceremony.


Non-Competitive
*a miniature version of the Oscar, which stood 7 inches tall
*these Honorary Juvenile Oscars were given for body of work for the previous year


Shirley Temple
Age: 6
Date of Birth: April 23, 1928
Date of Ceremony: February 27, 1935


Mickey Rooney
Age: 18
Date of Birth: September 23, 1920
Date of Ceremony: February 23, 1939

*although he was no longer a child when he accepted his award, he was 17 during the previous year, and the Academy decided to award him the Juvenile Oscar
*has since been nominated for four Oscars and received the lifetime-achievement Honorary statue in 1983


Deanna Durbin
Age: 17
Date of Birth: December 4, 1921
Date of Ceremony: February 23, 1939


Judy Garland
Age: 17
Date of Birth: June 10, 1922
Date of Ceremony: February 29, 1940

*after receiving her special juvenile award, she went on to receive two Oscar nominations in her career


Margaret O'Brien
Age: 8
Date of Birth: January 15, 1937
Date of Ceremony: March 15, 1945


Peggy Ann Garner
Age: 14
Date of Birth: February 3, 1932
Date of Ceremony: March 7, 1946


Claude Jarmen, Jr
Age: 12
Date of Birth: September 27, 1934
Date of Ceremony: March 13, 1947

Ivan Jandl
Age: 12
Date of Birth: January 24, 1937
Date of Ceremony: March 24, 1949


Bobby Driscoll
Age: 13
Date of Birth: March 3, 1937
Date of Ceremony: March 23, 1950


Jon Whiteley
Age: 10
Date of Birth: February 19, 1945
Date of Ceremony: March 30, 1955


Vincent Winter
Age: 7
Date of Birth: December 29, 1947
Date of Ceremony: March 30, 1955


Hayley Mills
Age: 14
Date of Birth: April 18, 1946
Date of Ceremony: April 17, 1961

*Mills was the last child to receive the special Oscar. The Academy has since decided against giving them out

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