Academy Juvenile Award
| Academy Juvenile Award | |
|---|---|
Bobby Driscoll accepting the Juvenile Award | |
| Awarded for | Academy Honorary Award presented for "Outstanding Juvenile Performance" |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| First award | February 27, 1935 |
| Final award | April 17, 1961 |
| Website | www.Oscars.org |
The Academy Juvenile Award, also known informally as the Juvenile Oscar, was a Special Honorary Academy Award bestowed at the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to specifically recognize juvenile performers under the age of eighteen for their "outstanding contribution[s] to screen entertainment".
The honor was first awarded by the academy at the 7th Academy Awards to 6-year-old Shirley Temple for her work in motion pictures of 1934. The Award continued to be presented intermittently over the next 26 years to a total of 12 child actors and actresses, with the last Juvenile Oscar presented at the 33rd Academy Awards to 14-year-old Hayley Mills who received the child-size statuette for her performance in the 1960 film Pollyanna.
The trophy itself was a miniature Academy Award statuette standing an estimated seven inches tall (depending upon variations to its base over time), approximately half the height of the standard 13.5 inch tall Oscar trophy.