Trivia: Who is the youngest person to receive an Academy Award?
Anna Paquin
Shirley Temple
Patty Duke
Haley Joel Osment
The correct answer is Shirley Temple
So why is this answer correct? : In 1935, the Academy’s Board of Governors created a special Juvenile Award to honor the work of 6-year-old Shirley Temple, one of the biggest box office stars of the era. Several other child stars received this honorary award before it was discontinued in 1960. In 1974, 10-year-old Tatum O’Neal made history as the youngest person to win a competitive Oscar, for her role in “Paper Moon.”