How old was Shirley Temple when she won an Oscar?

Answer 1

Shirley Temple was the youngest person to ever receive an Oscar. She didn't win it for a praticular movie, but was given a special Oscar when she was 6-years-old "in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934".

Answer 2

In February 23, 1939, over a year after Snow White and Seven Dwarfs was nominated for an Academy Award, Shirley Temple presented Walt Disney with an honorary award for the first animated feature length film. He was very nervous, and Shirley, who was not quite eleven years old and a blockbuster screen veteran, gently urged him to calm down. Then she presented his award, which featured seven miniature Oscar statues.

Answer 3

1935, it was presented in 1935, for her work during 1934.

This Academy Award, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is an honorary acting award. It is officially called either the "Special Award" or the Special Juvenile Academy Award. It was first awarded by the Academy for work in 1934 and continued sporadically until 1960. The trophy itself was a miniature statuette. In 1961, Hayley Mills was the last recipient to be presented the miniature statuette for this award; she received it "for Pollyanna, the most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960. That year was the last year that this award was presented.

There was some criticism of the miniature statuettes, and, some time after 1961, Shirley Temple was given a full-sized statue to replace the miniature "Oscar" that she had originally been presented with her 1934 "Special Award" at the 1935 Academy Awards ceremony.

Answer 4

Temple, the screen's greatest child star, never won a competitive Academy Award. On February 27, 1935, however, she was presented a special Juvenile Oscar for "her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934." She was six years old at the time.

Answer 5

Shirley Temple never won an Academy Award (Oscar) in a competetive category. She received the Juvenile Award "in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934."

Answer 6

She did not win for a specific movie. She won a special Oscar for her entire young body of work.

Answer 7

On February 27, 1935, Shirley Temple received a special Juvenile Award when she was six years and 310 days old.

Answer 8

Shirley started her acting career at age 3 in 1931.