Academy Juvenile Award

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This Academy Award, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is an honorary acting award. It is officially called either the "Special Award" or the Special Juvenile Academy Award. It was first awarded by the Academy for work in 1934 and continued sporadically until 1960. The trophy itself was a miniature statuette.^{[citation needed]}. In 1961, Hayley Mills was the last recipient to be presented the miniature statuette for this award; she received it "for Pollyanna, the most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960."^[1] That year was the last year that this award was presented.

There was some criticism of the miniature statuettes,^{[citation needed]} and, some time after 1961, Shirley Temple was given a full-sized statue to replace the miniature "Oscar" that she had originally been presented with her 1934 "Special Award" at the 1935 Academy Awards ceremony.^{[citation needed]}

Recipients

Source: Citations and parenthetical awards ceremony numbers are those provided in the searchable Official Academy Awards Database.

1930s

1934 (7th) Shirley Temple - "in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment in the year 1934." ("Special Award")

1935 [no award]

1936 [no award]

1937 [no award]

1938 (11th) Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney - "for their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement."

1939 (12th) Judy Garland - "for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year."

1940s

1940 [no award]

1941 [no award]

1942 [no award]

1943 [no award]

1944 (17th) Margaret O'Brien - "outstanding child actress of 1944."

1945 (18th) Peggy Ann Garner - "outstanding child actress of 1945."

1946 (19th) Claude Jarman, Jr. - "outstanding child actor of 1946."

1947 [no award]

1948 (21st) Ivan Jandl - "for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948, as 'Karel Malik' in The Search."

1949 (22nd) Bobby Driscoll - "as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949."