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Anthony Hopkins and Tatum O'Neal are the oldest and youngest winners of acting Oscars, winning at age 83 and age 10 respectively. This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories.
- Morgan Freeman
- Edmund Gwenn
- Helen Hayes
- James Coburn
- John Houseman
- Margaret Rutherford
- Ruth Gordon
- Alan Arkin
- Jack Palance
- Josephine Hull
Morgan Freeman is 84 years old and he is still acting, appearing in four different movies in 2021 alone. Throughout his amazing career, he has also picked up five Oscar nominations, winning only one of them. The first was in Street Smart, followed by Driving Miss Daisy, in which his co-star Jessica Tandy won an Oscar at the age of 80. As for Freema...
Edmund Gwenn had a long and successful filmography, but he remains known today for one iconic role, and it won him an Oscar at the age of 70. In 1947, Gwenn played Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street. Gwenn became the only person in movie history to win an Oscar for playing Santa Claus or at least a man who believed he was Santa. What is most im...
The 1970 movie Airport was a disaster movie and one of the earlier success stories in the genre. Today, it is a movie rarely talked about outside of the fact it was the basis for the spoof movie Airplane!, which itself is considered a cult classic. However, Airportwas a box office success and critics loved it. The movie even picked up 10 Oscar nomi...
James Coburn was a very prolific actor, appearing in 70 movies and over 100 television episodes over his career. Many of his appearances were as a tough guy in westerns and war movies, but it was for a later role that he picked up his only Oscar win at the age of 70. RELATED: James Coburn's 10 Best Movies, Ranked According to IMDb The movie was Aff...
John Houseman was 71 years and 192 days when he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Professor Kingsfield in The Paper Chase (1973). Houseman held the record for the oldest winner for two years from 1974 to 1976. The comedy-drama also received nominations in Best Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay. The story is about J...
In 1963, Margaret Rutherford appeared in V.I.P.s,a British drama film with an all-star ensemble cast. Other cast members include Orson Welles, Maggie Smith, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Rod Taylor, Elsa Martinelli, and Elizabeth Taylor. Rutherford portrayed the Duchess of Brighton, who is on her way to Florida for a job that will save her histori...
Roman Polanski's 1968 cult horror flick, Rosemary's Baby, was nominated for Best Screenplay (Based on Material from Another Medium) and Best Supporting Actress, which Ruth Gordon won at the age of seventy-two. Gordon is one member of an extensive all-star cast. The film follows a young pregnant woman in Manhattan, who comes to fear that her neighbo...
One of the more recent entries on this list, Alan Arkin was seventy-two when he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Little Miss Sunshine in 2006. RELATED: 10 Surprise Best Picture Winners At The Oscars, Ranked (According To Rotten Tomatoes) The movie centers around the Hoover family when their daughter Olive (Abigal Bresl...
City Slickers is a 1991 Western comedy about three married men who begin to experience midlife crises. They move from the comfort of their urban environments and decide to rediscover their masculinity by taking a cattle drive around southwestern America. Jack Palance won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Curly Washburn, the...
Though Josephine Hull was best known for her successful stage career, that didn’t stop her from also picking up an Oscar in 1951. At age 74, she appeared in her fifth film, Harvey. She earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actressfor portraying a character whom she originally played on Broadway. Harveyis a comedy-drama about a middle-aged man...
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Jun 4, 2023 · At an impressive 83 years old, Anthony Hopkins became the oldest winner of the Best Actor award. Adding onto the loftiness of this achievement is the fact that he is not just the oldest Oscar...
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- Anthony Hopkins. Age when winning: 83 years, 115 days. Year won: 2020. Oscar category: Best Actor in a Leading Role. Film: The Father. photo source: wikipedia.org.
- Christopher Plummer. Age when winning: 82 years, 75 days. Year won: 2010. Oscar category: Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Film: Beginners. photo source: 7wallpapers.net.
- Jessica Tandy. Age when winning: 80 years, 292 days. Year won: 1989. Oscar category: Best Actress in a Leading Role. Film: Driving Miss Daisy. photo source: imdb.com.
- George Burns. Age when winning: 80 years, 69 days. Year won: 1975. Oscar category: Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Film: The Sunshine Boys. photo source: imdb.com.
Mar 11, 2024 · Who are the oldest and youngest Oscar winners? The oldest winner in any category is James Ivory, who was 89 when he took home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2018. Ivory won for the...
Jan 31, 2024 · From Katherine Hepburn for On Golden Pond to Anthony Hopkins for The Father, these are the oldest Oscar-winning actors.
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Apr 26, 2021 · In a Best Actor category many thought was a lock for the late Chadwick Boseman to win posthumously, Anthony Hopkins instead won his second Academy Award, for his work in the film The Father....
