Who is the youngest person to win the Oscar for Best Original Score?

The youngest winner of the 'Best Original Score' Oscar The historical and global pop icon Prince is the youngest recipient of 'Best Original Score', winning when he was 26 for his timeless and definitive hit song 'Purple Rain'.
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Who is the youngest person to win Best Original Song at the Oscars?

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For her work in co-producing the song “Falling Slowly” for the film Once, singer-songwriter Markéta Irglová, then 19, won Best Original Song in 2008 alongside her Once co-star Glen Hansard.
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Who was the youngest Oscar winner?

Who is the youngest ever Oscars winner? There are, of course, multiple different types of award on offer at the Oscars, but the youngest person to win any of them at all is Tatum O'Neal. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 1974 Oscars at the age of 10.
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Who won an Oscar at age 11?

When 11-year-old Anna Paquin won Best Supporting Actress at the 1993 Academy Awards, she became the category's second youngest winner (only Tatum O'Neal was younger, at 10).
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Who is the youngest person to win best original screenplay?

Superlatives. Woody Allen also holds the record as the oldest winner (76) for Midnight in Paris. Ben Affleck is the youngest winner (25) for Good Will Hunting, co-written with Matt Damon (27).
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Has a child ever won an Oscar?

Tatum O'Neal won the youngest Oscar on this list with her performance in Paper Moon aged just 10 years old. During filming she turned nine years old, an incredible feat for such a young actress.
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Who is the youngest lead actress to win an Oscar?

Marlee Matlin – Children of a Lesser God, 1986 (age 21)

Matlin made history as both the youngest winner in the Best Actress category as well as the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award, period.
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How old was Jennifer Lawrence when she won the Oscar?

At the age of 22 she won the Academy Award for best actress for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook (2012). Lawrence knew from an early age that she wanted to act, and she began performing in school plays and local theatre in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Who has the oldest Oscar award?

At 89, Ivory was officially the oldest person to ever win a competitive Oscar.
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Who is the oldest actor to win an Oscar?

In 2021, an 83-year-old Sir Anthony Hopkins became the oldest person to ever win an acting Oscar for his performance in The Father. Hopkins had already won once for his chilling performance in The Silence of the Lambs.
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Who has 26 Oscars?

The person who has triumphed more times at the Oscars than anyone else in history is Walt Disney. America's most iconic filmmaker racked up a whopping 26 Oscars, four of which were honorary awards, and he also holds the record for the most nominations on record – 59.
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Are Oscars made of gold?

The statuettes are solid bronze and plated in 24-karat gold. Due to a metal shortage during World War II, Oscars® were made of painted plaster for three years. Following the war, the Academy invited recipients to redeem the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones.
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Who is the only man to have won three Best Actor Oscars?

Daniel Day-Lewis became the first and currently only man to win three best actor Oscars, while Frances McDormand became only the second woman and third of her counterparts overall to achieve the same. Finally, Walter Brennan won his three supporting actor Oscars every other year between 1937 and 1941.
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What Oscar winning actor also has a daughter who won an Oscar?

Henry Fonda earned one Oscar win over his career: a best actor golden statuette for On Golden Pond (1981). His daughter, Jane Fonda, has earned two Oscar wins for her performances on camera: best actress for Klute (1971) and best actress for Coming Home (1978).
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Who was the youngest person to win a Grammy?

LeAnn Rimes

Rimes was just 14 years old when she won two Grammy Awards: one for best new artist and the other for best female country vocal performance. This made her the youngest Grammy winner in history.
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Who holds the record for most Best Actress wins at the Oscars?

Since its inception, the award has been given to 79 different actresses. Katharine Hepburn has won the most awards in this category with four, followed by Frances McDormand with three. (Hepburn holds the record for most wins among all actors.)
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Who first refused an Oscar?

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The Academy Award, or Oscar, is considered the highest honor in the entertainment industry, but it is not without controversies. Dudley Nichols, a screenwriter, was the first person to reject an Oscar, citing the Academy's mistreatment of writers.
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Who is the oldest living Best Actress winner?

Olivia de Havilland. Born in 1916, de Havilland is currently the oldest living Oscar winner at age 98. She won two gold statuettes for Best Actress for her performance in 1946's To Each His Own and 1949's The Heiress; her film career spanned 53 years.
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Who is the youngest actor to be nominated for an Oscar?

Justin Herry holds a record of being the youngest celebrity to be nominated at the Oscars. He was merely 8 years and 276 days old when he was nominated at The Oscar Awards for his supporting role as Billy Kramer in Robert Benton's Kramer vs Kramer which was released in 1979.
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How did Jennifer Lawrence go deaf?

She then reprised the role of Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second installment in the Hunger Games series. While performing the film's underwater stunts, Lawrence suffered from an ear infection that resulted in a brief loss of hearing.
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Who is the youngest Oscar singer?

Congratulations to Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell for winning Oscar Best Song award for “No Time To Die movie”.
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Who is the youngest actor in the world?

Parv Thacker is the Youngest Actor In The World.
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Who has the most Oscar nominations?

Actors with the most Oscar nominations and their wins 1929-2022. As of March 2022, Meryl Streep was the person with the most Oscar nominations of all time, with an impressive 21 nominations and three wins.
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What was the shortest Oscar speech?

The record for the shortest speech among actors and actresses at the Academy Awards is held by Patty Duke and Anthony Quinn, who simply said "thank you" when accepting their awards. William Holden and Gloria Graham followed with four words each.
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