On March 26, 1990, Jessica Tandy was 80 years and 292 days old when she received the 1989 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "Driving Miss Daisy." She held the record for being the oldest person to win an acting Oscar until February 26, 2012, when 82-year-old Christopher Plummer won the 2011 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners."
54- - - - -Jessica Tandy was 80 years old when she won Best Actress in 1989 for Driving Miss Daisy.
77-year-old Peggy Ashcroft for A Passage to India(1984).
The oldest Actress to win an Oscar is Jessica Tandy for her role in "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1989 aged 80 years & 292 days.
kathy won an award for best actress in what movie she won an academy award and golden globe in 1990 for "Misery"
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Academy Award for Best Actress: Halle Berry
Umashree is the oldest actress to get the National Award for Best Actress at the age of 50 in 2007 for Kannada film, Gulabi Tallies.
Greer Garson For Best Actress , and Mary Astor For Best Supporting Actress .
Halle Berry won the 2001 Best Actress award for her performance in "Monster's Ball."
Goldie Hawn won the 1969 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in "Cactus Flower."
Actually, there have been five black winners of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: