And The Winner Is...Youngest Oscar Winners

For my first post in me and Dawn's series of stories dedicated to all things Oscars, I will be listing Oscar youngest winners...actors and actresses. So without further adieu, here we go...


CLARK GABLE

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (YOUNGEST)

1. Adrien Brody (The Pianist, 2002) 29 years old
2. Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl, 1977) 30 years old
3. Marlon Brando (On The Waterfront, 1954) 30 years old
4. Maximillian Schell (Judgement at Nuremberg, 1961) 31 years old
5. Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, 1995) 32 years old
6. James Stewart (The Philadelphia Story, 1940) 32 years old
7. Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot, 1989) 32 years old
8. Clark Gable (It Happened One Night, 1934) 34 years old
9. Charles Laughton (The Private Life of Henry VIII, 1933) 34 years old
10. Robert Donat (Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1939) 34 years old



JACK LEMMON

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YOUNGEST)

1. Timonthy Hutton (Ordinary People, 1980) 20 years old
2. George Chakiris (West Side Story, 1961) 27 years old
3. Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Jerry Maguire, 1996) 29 years old
4. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight, 2008) 29 years old
5. Jack Lemmon (Mister Roberts, 1955) 31 years old
6. Robert DeNiro (The Godfather Part II, 1974) 31 years old
7. Van Heflin (Johnny Eager, 1942) 32 years old
8. Harold Russell (The Best Years Of Our Lives, 1946) 33 years old
9. Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, 2000) 34 years old
10. Denzel Washington (Glory, 1989) 35 years old


JANET GAYNOR

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (YOUNGEST)

1. Marlee Matlin (Children Of A Leser God, 1986) 21 years old
2. Janet Gaynor (Sunrise, 1927) 22 years old
3. Joan Fontaine (Suspicion, 1941) 24 years old
4. Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday, 1953) 24 years old
5. Jennifer Jones (The Song Of Bernadette, 1943) 25 years old
6. Julie Christie (Darling, 1965) 25 years old
7. Grace Kelly (The Country Girl, 1954) 25 years old
8. Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry, 1999) 25 years old
9. Vivien Leigh (Gone With The Wind, 1939) 26 years old
10. Jodie Foster (The Accused, 1988) 26 years old

PATTY DUKE
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YOUNGEST)

1. Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon, 1973) 10 years old
2. Anna Paquin (The Piano, 1993) 11 years old
3. Patty Duke (The Miracle Worker, 1962) 16 years old
4. Anne Baxter (The Razor's Edge, 1946) 23 years old
5. Teresa Wright (Mrs. Miniver, 1942) 24 years old
6. Goldie Hawn (Cactus Flower, 1969) 24 years old
7. Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted, 1999) 24 years old
8. Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, 2006) 25 years old
9. Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry, 1960) 27 years old
10. Gloria Grahame (The Bad and the Beautiful, 1952) 27 years old

That's an impressive list of actors and actresses in their early years of their careers.