6th Youth in Film Awards

6th Youth in Film Awards
Awarded for Achievement in the 19831984 season
Date December 2, 1984
Site Hollywood, California
Official website YoungArtistAwards.org

The 6th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and dance for the 1983-1984 season, and took place on December 2, 1984, in Hollywood, California.[1][2][3]

Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Youth in Film Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.[1][4][5]

Categories

Bold indicates the winner in each category.[3]

Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture

Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

Anthony Michael Hall - Sixteen Candles (Universal)

Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

Molly Ringwald - Sixteen Candles (Universal)

Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

Ke Huy Quan - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Paramount)

Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

Elisabeth Shue - The Karate Kid (Columbia)

Best Young Performer in a Family Film Made for Television

Best Young Actor in a Family Film Made for Television

Doug Scott - The Day After (ABC)

Best Young Actress in a Family Film Made for Television

Missy Francis - Something About Amelia (ABC)

Best Young Performer in a Television Drama Series

Best Young Actor in a Daytime or Nighttime Television Series

David Mendenhall - General Hospital (ABC)

Best Young Actress in a Daytime or Nighttime Television Series

Shalane McCall - Dallas (CBS)

Best Young Supporting Actor in a Daytime or Nighttime Drama

David Hollander - Call to Glory (ABC)

Best Young Supporting Actress in a Daytime or Nighttime Drama

Melora Hardin - Two Marriages (ABC)

Best Young Performer in a Television Comedy Series

Best Young Actor in a Television Comedy Series

Billy Jacoby - It's Not Easy (ABC)

Best Young Actress in a Television Comedy Series

Justine Bateman - Family Ties (NBC)

Best Young Supporting Actor in a Television Comedy Series

(tie) Corky Pigeon - Silver Spoons (NBC)
(tie) Malcolm-Jamal Warner - The Cosby Show (NBC)

Best Young Supporting Actress in a Television Comedy Series

Tina Yothers - Family Ties (NBC)

Best Young Performer in a Cable Series or Program

Best Young Actor/Actress in a Cable Series or Program

Priscilla Weems - Five Mile Creek (Disney Channel)

Best Young Performer: Guest in a Series

Best Young Actor: Guest in a Series

Taliesin Jaffe - The Facts of Life (NBC)

Best Young Actress: Guest in a Series

Heather O'Rourke - Webster (ABC)

Best Family Entertainment

Best Family Film Made for Television

Something About Amelia (ABC)

Best New Comedy or Drama Television Series

The Cosby Show (NBC)

Best Family Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Ghostbusters (Columbia)

Best Family Motion Picture - Adventure

Gremlins (Warner Bros.)

Best Family Motion Picture - Drama

The Karate Kid (Columbia)

Youth In Film's Special Awards

Former Child Star Award

Jerry Mathers - Leave It to Beaver

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures

The Wizard of Oz - MGM

Youth In Film's Theater Arts Award

Tina and Dennis Caspary (Dance team)

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television

Martin Tahse (Producer of various After School Specials)

Best Young Actor in a Foreign Film

Martin Lewis - Five Mile Creek (Australia)

Best Young Actress in a Foreign Film

Nina Knapskog - Kamilla (Norway) - Produced by Vibeke Lakkeberg

Best Foreign Film

The Gods Must Be Crazy (South Africa) - Released by 20TH Century Fox Film Co.

References

  1. 1 2 Crouse, Richard (2005). Reel Winners (illustrated ed.). Dundurn Press Ltd. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1-55002-574-0.
  2. Riggs, Thomas (2007). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale / Cengage Learning. ISBN 0-7876-9047-3.
  3. 1 2 "6th Youth In Film Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. "Young Artist Awards - President's Message". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  5. "HFPA Golden Globes - Young Artist Foundation". GoldenGlobes.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
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