Movies (DVDs)

ACTOR in a Leading Role
(* indicates a win)

Oldest Nominees
[from date of birth to date of nominations announcement]
79 years, 167 days -- Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story (1999)
    [September 1, 1920 -- February 15, 2000]
76 years, 271 days -- *Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond (1981)
    [May 16, 1905 -- February 11, 1982]
71 years, 274 days -- Laurence Olivier, The Boys from Brazil (1978)
    [May 22, 1907 -- February 20, 1979]
70 years, 19 days -- Paul Newman, Nobody's Fool (1994)
    [January 26, 1925 -- February 14, 1995]
69 years, 323 days -- Melvyn Douglas, I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
    [April 5, 1901 -- February 22, 1971]
68 years, 101 days -- Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City (1981)
    [November 2, 1913 -- February 11, 1982]

Oldest Winners
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
76 years, 317 days -- *Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond (1981)
    [May 16, 1905 -- March 29, 1982]
62 years, 316 days -- *John Wayne, True Grit (1969)
    [May 26, 1907 -- April 7, 1970]
62 years, 209 days -- *George Arliss, Disraeli (1929/30)
    [April 10, 1868 -- November 5, 1930]
62 years, 63 days -- *Paul Newman, The Color of Money (1986)
    [January 26, 1925 -- March 30, 1987]
60 years, 335 days -- *Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets (1997)
    [April 22, 1937 -- March 23, 1998]

Youngest Nominees
[from date of birth to date of nominations announcement]
9 years, 20 days -- Jackie Cooper, Skippy (1930/31)
    [September 15, 1922 -- October 5, 1931]
19 years, 142 days -- Mickey Rooney, Babes in Arms (1939)
    [September 23, 1920 -- February 12, 1940]
23 years, 137 days -- Mickey Rooney, The Human Comedy (1943)
    [September 23, 1920 -- February 7, 1944]
24 years, 3 days -- John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever (1977)
    [February 18, 1954 -- February 21, 1978]
25 years, 10 days -- James Dean, East of Eden (1955)
    [February 8, 1931 -- February 18, 1956] (he died September 30, 1955)

Youngest Winners
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
29 years, 343 days -- *Adrien Brody, The Pianist (2002)
    [April 14, 1973 -- March 23, 2003]
30 years, 156 days -- *Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl (1977)
    [October 29, 1947 -- April 3, 1978]
30 years, 361 days -- *Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront (1954)
    [April 3, 1924 -- March 30, 1955]
31 years, 122 days -- *Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
    [December 8, 1930 -- April 9, 1962]
32 years, 78 days -- *Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
    [January 7, 1964 -- March 25, 1996]
32 years, 283 days -- *James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story (1940)
    [May 20, 1908 -- February 27, 1941]

ACTOR in a Supporting Role
(* indicates a win)

Oldest Nominees
[from date of birth to date of nominations announcement]
82 years, 49 days -- Ralph Richardson, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
    [December 19, 1902 -- February 6, 1985] (he died October 10, 1983)
80 years, 28 days -- *George Burns, The Sunshine Boys (1975)
    [January 20, 1896 -- February 17, 1976]
78 years, 326 days -- *Melvyn Douglas, Being There (1979)
    [April 5, 1901 -- February 25, 1980]
78 years, 16 days -- Paul Newman, Road to Perdition (2002)
    [January 26, 1925 -- February 11, 2003]
77 years, 303 days -- *John Gielgud, Arthur (1981)
    [April 14, 1904 -- February 11, 1982]
77 years, 250 days -- *Don Ameche, Cocoon (1985)
    [May 31, 1908 -- February 5, 1986]

Oldest Winners
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
80 years, 69 days -- *George Burns, The Sunshine Boys (1975)
    [January 20, 1896 -- March 29, 1976]
79 years, 9 days -- *Melvyn Douglas, Being There (1979)
    [April 5, 1901 -- April 14, 1980]
77 years, 349 days -- *John Gielgud, Arthur (1981)
    [April 14, 1904 -- March 29, 1982]
77 years, 297 days -- *Don Ameche, Cocoon (1985)
    [May 31, 1908 -- March 24, 1986]
72 years, 176 days -- *Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
    [September 26, 1875 -- March 20, 1948]

Youngest Nominees
[from date of birth to date of nominations announcement]
8 years, 276 days -- Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
    [May 25, 1971 -- February 25, 1980]
11 years, 311 days -- Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense (1999)
    [April 10, 1988 -- February 15, 2000]
11 years, 312 days -- Brandon De Wilde, Shane (1953)
    [April 9, 1942 -- February 15, 1954]
16 years, 147 days -- Jack Wild, Oliver! (1968)
    [September 30, 1952 -- February 24, 1969]
17 years, 39 days -- Sal Mineo, Rebel without a Cause (1955)
    [January 10, 1939 -- February 18, 1956]
18 years, 176 days -- River Phoenix, Running on Empty (1988)
    [August 23, 1970 - February 15, 1989]

Youngest Winners
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
20 years, 227 days -- *Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People (1980)
    [August 16, 1960 -- March 31, 1981]
28 years, 203 days -- *Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jerry Maguire (1996)
    [September 2, 1968 -- March 24, 1997]
28 years, 205 days -- *George Chakiris, West Side Story (1961)
    [September 16, 1933 -- April 9, 1962]
31 years, 42 days -- *Jack Lemmon, Mister Roberts (1955)
    [February 8, 1925 -- March 21, 1956]
31 years, 234 days -- *Robert De Niro, The Godfather Part II (1974)
    [August 17, 1943 -- April 8, 1975]

ACTRESS in a Leading Role
(* indicates a win)

Oldest Nominees
[from date of birth to date of nominations announcement]
80 years, 252 days -- *Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
    [June 7, 1909 -- February 14, 1990]
80 years, 11 days -- Dame Edith Evans, The Whisperers (1967)
    [February 8, 1888 -- February 19, 1968]
75 years, 313 days -- May Robson, Lady for a Day (1932/33)
    [April 19, 1858 -- February 26, 1934]
74 years, 94 days -- *Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond (1981)
    [November 9, 1907 -- February 11, 1982]
69 years, 116 days -- Fernanda Montenegro, Central Station (1998)
    [October 16, 1929 -- February 9, 1999]

Oldest Winners
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
80 years, 293 days -- *Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
    [June 7, 1909 -- March 26, 1990]
74 years, 140 days -- *Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond (1981)
    [November 9, 1907 -- March 29, 1982]
63 years, 1 day -- *Marie Dressler, Min and Bill (1930/31)
    [November 9, 1868 -- November 10, 1931]
61 years, 156 days -- *Katharine Hepburn, The Lion in Winter (1968)
    [November 9, 1907 -- April 14, 1969]
61 years, 122 days -- *Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
    [November 22, 1924 -- March 24, 1986]

Youngest Nominees
[from date of birth to date of nominations announcement]
13 years, 309 days -- Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider (2003)
    [March 24, 1990 -- January 27, 2004]
20 years, 235 days -- Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H. (1975)
    [June 27, 1955 -- February 17, 1976]
21 years, 171 days -- *Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God (1986)
    [August 24, 1965 -- February 11, 1987]
22 years, 128 days -- Kate Winslet, Titanic (1997)
    [October 5, 1975 -- February 10, 1998]
22 years, 134 days -- *Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise (1927/28)
    [October 6, 1906 -- February 17, 1929]
22 years, 229 days -- Leslie Caron, Lili (1953)
    [July 1, 1931 -- February 15, 1954]

Youngest Winners
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
21 years, 218 days -- *Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God (1986)
    [August 24, 1965 -- March 30, 1987]
22 years, 222 days -- *Janet Gaynor, 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise (1927/28)
    [October 6, 1906 -- May 16, 1929]
24 years, 127 days -- *Joan Fontaine, Suspicion (1941)
    [October 22, 1917 -- February 26, 1942]
24 years, 325 days -- *Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday (1953)
    [May 4, 1929 -- March 25, 1954]
25 years exactly -- *Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette (1943)
    [March 2, 1919 -- March 2, 1944]

ACTRESS in a Supporting Role
(* indicates a win)

Oldest Nominees
[from date of birth to date of nominations announcement]
87 years, 221 days -- Gloria Stuart, Titanic (1997)
    [July 4, 1910 – February 10, 1998]
82 years, 37 days -- Eva Le Gallienne, Resurrection (1980)
    [January 11, 1899 -- February 17, 1981]
79 years, 26 days -- Ann Sothern, The Whales of August (1987)
    [January 22, 1909 -- February 17, 1988]
77 years, 237 days -- Dame May Whitty, Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    [June 16, 1865 -- February 8, 1943]
77 years, 46 days -- *Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India (1984)
    [December 22, 1907 -- February 6, 1985]

Oldest Winners
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
77 years, 93 days -- *Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India (1984)
    [December 22, 1907 -- March 25, 1985]
72 years, 166 days -- *Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    [October 30, 1896 -- April 14, 1969]
71 years, 338 days -- *Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P.s (1963)
    [May 11, 1892 -- April 13, 1964]
70 years, 187 days -- *Helen Hayes, Airport (1970)
    [October 10, 1900 -- April 15, 1971]
67 years, 85 days -- *Josephine Hull, Harvey (1950)
    [January 3, 1884 -- March 29, 1951]

Youngest Nominees
[from date of birth to date of nominations announcement]
10 years, 106 days -- *Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon (1973)
    [November 5, 1963 -- February 19, 1974]
10 years, 143 days -- Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
    [October 5, 1952 -- February 25, 1963]
10 years, 192 days -- Quinn Cummings, The Goodbye Girl (1977)
    [August 13, 1967 -- February 21, 1978]
11 years, 181 days -- Patty McCormack, The Bad Seed (1956)
    [August 21, 1945 -- February 18, 1957]
11 years, 200 days -- *Anna Paquin, The Piano (1993)
    [July 24, 1982 -- February 9, 1994]

Youngest Winners
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
10 years, 148 days -- *Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon (1973)
    [November 5, 1963 -- April 2, 1974]
11 years, 240 days -- *Anna Paquin, The Piano (1993)
    [July 24, 1982 -- March 21, 1994]
16 years, 115 days -- *Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker (1962)
    [December 14, 1946 -- April 8, 1963]
23 years, 310 days -- *Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge (1946)
    [May 7, 1923 -- March 13, 1947]
24 years, 128 days -- *Teresa Wright, Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    [October 27, 1918 -- March 4, 1943]

ACTING HONORARY AWARD WINNERS
(* indicates a win)

Oldest
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
83 years, 182 days -- *Groucho Marx (1973)
    [October 2, 1890 -- April 2, 1974]
82 years, 360 days -- *Charles Chaplin (1971)
    [April 16, 1889 -- April 10, 1972]
82 years, 356 days -- *Mary Pickford (1975)
    [April 8, 1893 -- March 29, 1976]
82 years, 286 days -- *Ralph Bellamy (1986)
    [June 17, 1904 -- March 30, 1987]
79 years, 107 days -- *Kirk Douglas (1995)
    [December 9, 1916 -- March 25, 1996]

Youngest
[from date of birth to date of awards ceremony]
6 years, 310 days -- *Shirley Temple (1934)
    [April 23, 1928 -- February 27, 1935]
7 years, 91 days -- *Vincent Winter (1954)
    [December 29, 1947 -- March 30, 1955]
8 years, 59 days -- *Margaret O'Brien (1944)
    [January 15, 1937 -- March 15, 1945]
10 years, 39 days -- *Jon Whiteley (1954)
    [February 19, 1945 -- March 30, 1955]
12 years, 59 days -- *Ivan Jandl (1948)
    [January 24, 1937 -- March 24, 1949]

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