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Poll: Young, Old or Dead, Time Can't Stop Oscar

Which of these current Oscar age-related records do you think is the most impressive? Wikipedia Source: Oscars Age Overall/Category Records

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    James Ivory at an event for Call Me by Your Name (2017)

    Oldest overall competitive Oscar winner and oldest screenplay Oscar winner (Overall)

    James Ivory is the oldest person to win a competitive Oscar when he was 89 years, 270 days old for Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name (2017).

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    Tatum O'Neal in The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974)

    Youngest overall competitive Oscar winner, youngest acting Oscar winner and youngest supporting actress Oscar nominee (Overall)

    Tatum O'Neal is the youngest person to win a competitive Oscar when she was 10 years, 148 days old for Best Supporting Actress in Paper Moon (1973).

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    Robert F. Boyle at an event for The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)

    Oldest overall Oscar awardee and oldest honorary Oscar recipient (Overall)

    Robert F. Boyle is the oldest person to receive an Oscar when he was 98 years, 137 days old when he received a Honorary Oscar for one of cinema's great careers in art direction.

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    Shirley Temple

    Youngest overall Oscar awardee and youngest honorary Oscar recepient (Overall)

    Shirley Temple is the youngest person to receive an Oscar when she was 6 years, 310 days old in 1934 when she received a Honorary Oscar for achievements in several films.

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    Agnès Varda at an event for The Oscars (2018)

    Oldest overall Oscar competitive nominee and oldest documentary Oscar nominee (Overall)

    Agnès Varda is the oldest person to receive a competitive Oscar nomination when she was 89 years, 239 days old when she received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature for Faces Places (2017).

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    Justin Henry in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

    Youngest overall competitive Oscar nominee and youngest acting Oscar nominee (Overall)

    Justin Henry is the youngest person to be nominated for a competitive Oscar when he was 8 years, 276 days old for Best Supporting Actor in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).

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    Christopher Plummer in Beginners (2010)

    Oldest competitive acting Oscar winner and oldest supporting actor Oscar winner (Overall Acting)

    Christopher Plummer is the oldest person to win a competitive acting Oscar when he was 82 years, 75 days old for Best Supporting Actor in Beginners (2010).

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    Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World (2017)

    Oldest competitive acting Oscar nominee and oldest supporting actor Oscar nominee (Overall Acting)

    Christopher Plummer is the oldest person to be nominated for a competitive acting Oscar when he was 88 years, 41 days old for Best Supporting Actor in All the Money in the World (2017).

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    Damien Chazelle in La La Land (2016)

    Youngest competitive Oscar winner (Directing)

    Damien Chazelle is the youngest person to win a competitive directing Oscar when he was 32 years, 38 days old for La La Land (2016).

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    Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby (2004)

    Oldest competitive Oscar winner (Directing)

    Clint Eastwood is the oldest person to win a competitive directing Oscar when he was 74 years, 272 days old for Million Dollar Baby (2004).

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    John Singleton in Boyz n the Hood (1991)

    Youngest competitive Oscar nominee (Directing)

    John Singleton is the youngest person to be nominated for a competitive directing Oscar when he was 24 years, 44 days old for Boyz n the Hood (1991).

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    John Huston in Prizzi's Honor (1985)

    Oldest competitive Oscar nominee (Directing)

    John Huston is the oldest person to be nominated for a competitive directing Oscar when he was 79 years, 184 days old for Prizzi's Honor (1985).

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    William A. Horning

    Most overall posthumous Oscar wins (Overall)

    William A. Horning won two posthumous Oscars for the Best Art Direction-Set Decoration categories in Ben-Hur (1959) and Gigi (1958).

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    Howard Ashman

    Most overall posthumous Oscar nominations (Overall)

    Howard Ashman recieved four posthumous Best Music, Original Song Oscar nominations for the song, "Friend Like Me" in Aladdin (1992) and the songs, "Beauty and the Beast", "Belle" and "Be Our Guest" in Beauty and the Beast (1991).

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    Adrien Brody in The Pianist (2002)

    Youngest leading actor Oscar winner (Acting)

    Best Lead Actor Record: 29 years, 343 days for Adrien Brody in The Pianist (2002)

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    Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond (1981)

    Oldest leading actor Oscar winner (Acting)

    Best Lead Actor Record: 76 years, 317 days for Henry Fonda in On Golden Pond (1981)

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    Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God (1986)

    Youngest leading actress Oscar winner (Acting)

    Best Lead Actress Record: 21 years, 218 days for Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God (1986)

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    Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

    Oldest leading actress Oscar winner (Acting)

    Best Lead Actress Record: 80 years, 292 days for Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

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    Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People (1980)

    Youngest supporting actor Oscar winner (Acting)

    Best Supporting Actor Record: 20 years, 227 days for Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People (1980)

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    Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India (1984)

    Oldest supporting actress Oscar winner (Acting)

    Best Supporting Actress Record: 77 years, 93 days for Peggy Ashcroft in A Passage to India (1984)

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    Jackie Cooper in Skippy (1931)

    Youngest leading actor Oscar nominee (Acting)

    Best Lead Actor Record: 9 years, 20 days for Jackie Cooper in Skippy (1931)

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    Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story (1999)

    Oldest leading actor Oscar nominee (Acting)

    Best Lead Actor Record: 79 years, 167 days Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story (1999)

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    Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

    Youngest leading actress Oscar nominee (Acting)

    Best Lead Actress Record: 9 years, 135 days for Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

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    Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012)

    Oldest leading actress Oscar nominee (Acting)

    Best Lead Actress Record: 85 years, 321 days for Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012)

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    Gloria Stuart in Titanic (1997)

    Oldest supporting actress Oscar nominee (Acting)

    Best Supporting Actress Record: 87 years, 221 days for Gloria Stuart in Titanic (1997)


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