First, a little trivia:
The youngest recipient of an academy award was Shirley Temple at the age of 6 when she received the Honorary Juvenile Academy Award.
The youngest person to receive a Best Actor nomination is Jackie Cooper for Skippy (1931) at the age of 9.
The youngest person to receive a Best Actress nomination is Keisha Castle-Hughes (2002) at the age of 11 for Whale Rider.
Jackie Cooper is the only child actor to ever receive a Best Actor nomination. No child actor has ever won an Acadmey Award for Best Actor.
Keisha Castle-Hughes is the only child actor to ever receive a Best Actress nomination. No child actor has ever won an Acadmey Award for Best Actress.
No child actor has ever won an Acadmey Award for Best Supporting Actor.
The youngest award nominee in any competitive category was Justin Henry, age 8, for Best Supporting Actor for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
The youngest recipient of an Acadmey Award in a competitive category is Tatum O'Neal for Paper Moon (1973) at age 10 (Best Supporting Actress).
The first child actor to receive an Academy Award in a competitive category was Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker (1962) at age 14. (Best Supporting Actress).
For the competitive awards, child actors have only one three times and each was in the Best Supporting Actress category (see below for those wins).
The youngest Academy Award presenter was in February 1939 when 9 year old Shirley Temple had to climb on a chair to present the award.
The Honorary Juvenile Academy Award was established in 1934. It was awarded sporadically until it was retired in 1960. Sometimes it was given as a general award and sometimes for a specific performance.
Recipients of the Honorary Juvenile Academy Award:
Shirley Temple (1935) at the age of 6 (general award) (the youngest recipient)
Mickey Rooney (1938) at the age of 17 (general award)
Deanna Durbin (1938) at the age of 17 (general award)
Judy Garland (1939) at the age of 17 for The Wizard of Oz
Margaret O'Brien (1944) at the age of 7 for Meet Me in St. Louis
Peggy Ann Garner (1945) at the age of 14 for outstanding child actress of 1945
Claude Jarman Jr. (1946) at the age of 11 for The Yearling
Ivan Jandl (1948) at the age of 9 for The Search
Bobby Driscoll (1949) at the age of 12 for The Window
Jon Whiteley (1954) at the age of 9 for The Little Kidnappers
Vincent Winter (1954) at the age of 7 The Little Kidnappers
Hayley Mills (1960) at the age of 12 for Pollyanna
Competitive Best Actor Award Nominations:
Jackie Cooper (1931) at the age of 9, nominated for Best Actor for Skippy (the youngest Best Actor nominee ever)
Competitive Best Actress Award Nominations:
Keisha Castle-Hughes (2002) at the age of 11 for Whale Rider. .
Competitive Best Supporting Actor Award Nominations
Brandon de Wilde (1953) for Shane at the age of 10
Sal Mineo (1955) for Rebel Without a Cause at age 16
Justin Henry (1979) for Kramer vs. Kramer at the age of 8
River Phoenix (1988) for Running on Empty at the age of 17
Haley Joel Osment (1999) for The Sixth Sense at age 10
Competitive Best Supporting Actress Award Nominations:
Natalie Wood (1955) for Rebel Without a Cause at age 16
Patty McCormack (1956) for The Bad Seed at age 10
Mary Badham (1963) for To Kill a Mockingbird, at the age of 10
Linda Blair (1973) for The Exorcist at age 14
Jodie Foster (1976) for Taxi Driver at age 14
Quinn Cummings (1977) for The Goodbye Girl, at age 9
Abigail Breslin (2006) for Little Miss Sunshine at age 9
Competitive Best Supporting Actress Wins:
Patty Duke (1962) at the age of 14 for The Miracle Woker
Tatum O'Neal (1974) for Paper Moon, at the age of 10
Anna Paquin (1993) for the Piano, at age 11
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