Oscar nominated child performers: Boys vs. Girls

[Damien]

I don't know where else to put it so I'll just put it here:

"The Dakota Fanning Show" on SNL. LOL.

That was hilarious. Thanks!

[anonymous1980]

I don't know where else to put it so I'll just put it here:

"The Dakota Fanning Show" on SNL. LOL.

[Hustler]

If you upped the cut-off to 21 you could add Mickey Rooney (Babes in Arms), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), River Phoenix (Running on Empty) and Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), but then you'd also have to add Angela Lansbury twice (Gaslight, The Picture of Dorian Gray), Joan Lorring (The Corn Is Green), Isabelle Adjani (The Story of Adele H) and Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice).
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And Juliette Lewis in Cape Fear and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility.

And Mariel Hemingway (Manhattan).

And Diane Varsi (1957-Peyton Place)

[Booster Gold]

If you upped the cut-off to 21 you could add Mickey Rooney (Babes in Arms), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), River Phoenix (Running on Empty) and Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), but then you'd also have to add Angela Lansbury twice (Gaslight, The Picture of Dorian Gray), Joan Lorring (The Corn Is Green), Isabelle Adjani (The Story of Adele H) and Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice).
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And Juliette Lewis in Cape Fear and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility.

And Mariel Hemingway (Manhattan).

[criddic3]

No, in this case, it was clear that Bruce Willis' character was the lead role, but Osment's unexpectedly impressive performance dominated the film.

[Penelope]

Problem was, Osment was in the wrong category--shoulda been in Lead Actor, thus allowing Jude Law to win for The Talented Mr. Ripley.

[criddic3]

Caine does know how give a respectable speech, but he'd won before, and though I know he missed a stage appearance at the Oscars because he was filming ...ahem....Jaws the Revenge, Osment should have still won.

[flipp525]

Haley Joel Osment's loss the year before for his haunting work in The Sixth Sense, which was better than many adult performances.

Haley Joel Osment really did deserve to win that year. Michael Caine's speech was lovely though.

[criddic3]

In 2000, I raised this question in my annual Oscar Packet, which I create every year for the annual family Oscar party. My inspiration was the snub of Jamie Bell for Billy Elliot, as well as Haley Joel Osment's loss the year before for his haunting work in The Sixth Sense, which was better than many adult performances.

My bigger complaint is about the boys losing, while the girls have won twice. It seems very lop-sided. It may be because girls are expected to be more emotional than boys, and therefore gain more sympathy from voters.

[anonymous1980]

If you upped the cut-off to 21 you could add Mickey Rooney (Babes in Arms), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), River Phoenix (Running on Empty) and Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), but then you'd also have to add Angela Lansbury twice (Gaslight, The Picture of Dorian Gray), Joan Lorring (The Corn Is Green), Isabelle Adjani (The Story of Adele H) and Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice).
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And Juliette Lewis in Cape Fear and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility.

[Big Magilla]

If you upped the cut-off to 21 you could add Mickey Rooney (Babes in Arms), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), River Phoenix (Running on Empty) and Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), but then you'd also have to add Angela Lansbury twice (Gaslight, The Picture of Dorian Gray), Joan Lorring (The Corn Is Green), Isabelle Adjani (The Story of Adele H) and Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice).

Oddly enough, 1945 had three supporting actress nominees under 21 and they still failed to nominate the best of the lot, Peggy Ann Garner in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, who had to make do with an honorary Oscar. Some, not me though, would say Elizabeth Taylor (National Velevt) might also have been considered before Ann Blyth (Mildred Pierce), Angela Lansbury (The Picture of Dorian Gray) and Joan Lorring (The Corn Is Greeb). The counter-argument, of course, would be that Garner and Taylor were leads in their films and therefore ineleigble for supporting consideration.

[anonymous1980]

Just found this site.

It's not updated to include Abigail Breslin though.

Ah yes. I was probably thinking of River Phoenix as that one teen actor I forgot. But he was 18 at the time of the nominations so technically, he just missed the cut.

[Hustler]

why was Dakota snubbed so far?

[anonymous1980]

You forgot Ann Blyth, who at 17 and 165 days when nominated for Mildred Pierce, was younger than Natalie Wood, who was 17 years and 222 days when nominated for Rebel.

Edited!

Jeez, the girls list is getting longer and longer. I feel that there's at least one more under 18 boy that we're forgetting.

[Big Magilla]

You forgot Ann Blyth, who at 17 and 165 days when nominated for Mildred Pierce, was younger than Natalie Wood, who was 17 years and 222 days when nominated for Rebel.