Juvenile Award

The so-called Juvenile Award was a special award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which was presented during the Oscar ceremony. It was a miniature version of the regular Oscar statue. The first winner was Shirley Temple, then six years old . This prize is no longer awarded today, as children can now also appear in the normal nomination lists (for example Tatum O'Neal for her role in Paper Moon , Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver , Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense , Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider , Anna Paquin in Das Piano , Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine , Saoirse Ronan in Atonement , Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit or Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild ).

The winners

1935: Shirley Temple Recognized for her outstanding contribution to film entertainment in 1934 (age 6 years)
1939: Deanna Durbin (age: 17) and Mickey Rooney (age: 18) for their significant contribution to bringing the spirit and personification of youth to the screen and setting a high standard of talent and perfection as young actors.
1940: Judy Garland for outstanding performance by a teenage actress in 1939 (age 17)
1945: Margaret O'Brien Outstanding Child Actress in 1944 (Age 8)
1946: Peggy Ann Garner in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Outstanding Child Actress in 1945 (Age 13)
1947: Claude Jarman Jr. Outstanding child actor in 1946 (age 12)
1949: Ivan Jandl for The Search (age: 12 years)
1950: Bobby Driscoll outstanding youth actor in 1949 (Age 12 years old)
1955: Vincent Winter for The Little Kidnappers (age 7)
1955: Jon Whiteley for The Little Kidnappers (age 10)
1961: Hayley Mills for Everyone Loves Pollyanna , the most outstanding youth performance in 1960 (age 14)