List of Best Supporting Actress winners by age
This is a list of winners of the Academy Award for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)[1] to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. More popularly known as the Academy Award (or the Oscar) for Best Supporting Actress, this award was initially presented at the 9th Academy Awards ceremony for 1936 and was most recently presented at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony for 2017.[2] Throughout the past 82 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 82 Best Supporting Actress awards to 80 different actresses. This list is current as of the 90th Academy Awards ceremony held on March 4, 2018.[3]
List of winners
# |
Actor |
Film |
Date of birth |
Date of award |
Age upon receiving award |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
Notes |
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1 | Gale Sondergaard | Anthony Adverse | February 15, 1899 | March 4, 1937 | 38 years, 17 days | August 14, 1985 | 31,591 days (86 years, 180 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 5 award ceremonies (from the 9th to the 14th, March 1937–February 1942) |
2 | Alice Brady | In Old Chicago | November 2, 1892 | March 10, 1938 | 45 years, 128 days | October 28, 1939 | 17,160 days (46 years, 360 days)[4] | Held record as oldest winner for 3 award ceremonies (from the 10th to the 13th, March 1938–February 1941) |
3 | Fay Bainter | Jezebel | December 7, 1893 | February 23, 1939 | 45 years, 78 days | April 16, 1968 | 27,158 days (74 years, 131 days) | |
4 | Hattie McDaniel | Gone with the Wind | June 10, 1895 | February 29, 1940 | 44 years, 264 days | October 26, 1952 | 20,957 days (57 years, 138 days) | |
5 | Jane Darwell | The Grapes of Wrath | October 15, 1879 | February 27, 1941 | 61 years, 135 days | August 13, 1967 | 32,078 days (87 years, 302 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 4 award ceremonies (from the 13th to the 17th, February 1941–March 1945) |
6 | Mary Astor | The Great Lie | May 3, 1906 | February 26, 1942 | 35 years, 299 days | September 25, 1987 | 29,730 days (81 years, 145 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 1 award ceremony (from the 14th to the 15th, February 1942–March 1943) |
7 | Teresa Wright | Mrs. Miniver | October 27, 1918 | March 4, 1943 | 24 years, 128 days | March 6, 2005 | 31,542 days (86 years, 130 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 4 award ceremonies (from the 15th to the 19th, March 1943–March 1947) |
8 | Katina Paxinou | For Whom the Bell Tolls | December 17, 1900 | March 2, 1944 | 43 years, 76 days | February 22, 1973 | 26,365 days (72 years, 67 days) | |
9 | Ethel Barrymore | None but the Lonely Heart | August 15, 1879 | March 15, 1945 | 65 years, 212 days | June 18, 1959 | 29,161 days (79 years, 307 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 6 award ceremonies (from the 17th to the 23rd, March 1945–March 1951) |
10 | Anne Revere | National Velvet | June 25, 1903 | March 7, 1946 | 42 years, 255 days | December 18, 1990 | 31,953 days (87 years, 176 days) | |
11 | Anne Baxter | The Razor's Edge | May 7, 1923 | March 13, 1947 | 23 years, 310 days | December 12, 1985 | 22,865 days (62 years, 219 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 16 award ceremonies (from the 19th to the 35th, March 1947–April 1963) |
12 | Celeste Holm | Gentleman's Agreement | April 29, 1917 | March 20, 1948 | 30 years, 326 days | July 15, 2012 | 34,776 days (95 years, 77 days)[5] | |
13 | Claire Trevor | Key Largo | March 8, 1910 | March 24, 1949 | 39 years, 16 days | April 8, 2000 | 32,904 days (90 years, 31 days) | |
14 | Mercedes McCambridge | All the King's Men | March 16, 1916 | March 23, 1950 | 34 years, 7 days | March 2, 2004 | 32,128 days (87 years, 352 days) | |
15 | Josephine Hull | Harvey | January 3, 1877 | March 29, 1951 | 74 years, 85 days | March 12, 1957 | 29,287 days (80 years, 68 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 34 award ceremonies (from the 23rd to the 57th, March 1951–March 1985) |
16 | Kim Hunter | A Streetcar Named Desire | November 12, 1922 | March 30, 1952 | 29 years, 139 days | September 11, 2002 | 29,158 days (79 years, 303 days) | |
17 | Gloria Grahame | The Bad and the Beautiful | November 28, 1923 | March 19, 1953 | 29 years, 111 days | October 5, 1981 | 21,131 days (57 years, 311 days) | |
18 | Donna Reed | From Here to Eternity | January 27, 1921 | March 25, 1954 | 33 years, 57 days | January 14, 1986 | 23,728 days (64 years, 352 days) | |
19 | Eva Marie Saint | On the Waterfront | July 4, 1924 | March 30, 1955 | 30 years, 269 days | 34,436 days (94 years, 103 days) | ||
20 | Jo Van Fleet | East of Eden | December 30, 1914 | March 21, 1956 | 41 years, 82 days | June 10, 1996 | 29,748 days (81 years, 163 days) | |
21 | Dorothy Malone | Written on the Wind | January 30, 1925 | March 27, 1957 | 32 years, 56 days | January 19, 2018 | 33,957 days (92 years, 354 days) | |
22 | Miyoshi Umeki | Sayonara | May 8, 1929 | March 26, 1958 | 28 years, 322 days | August 28, 2007 | 28,601 days (78 years, 112 days) | |
23 | Wendy Hiller | Separate Tables | August 15, 1912 | April 6, 1959 | 46 years, 234 days | May 14, 2003 | 33,144 days (90 years, 272 days) | |
24 | Shelley Winters | The Diary of Anne Frank | August 18, 1920 | April 4, 1960 | 39 years, 230 days | January 14, 2006 | 31,195 days (85 years, 149 days) | 1st of 2 |
25 | Shirley Jones | Elmer Gantry | March 31, 1934 | April 17, 1961 | 27 years, 17 days | 30,879 days (84 years, 198 days) | ||
26 | Rita Moreno | West Side Story | December 11, 1931 | April 9, 1962 | 30 years, 119 days | 31,720 days (86 years, 308 days) | ||
27 | Patty Duke | The Miracle Worker | December 14, 1946 | April 8, 1963 | 16 years, 115 days | March 29, 2016 | 25,308 days (69 years, 106 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 11 award ceremonies (from the 35th to the 46th, April 1963–April 1974) |
28 | Margaret Rutherford | The V.I.P.s | May 11, 1892 | April 13, 1964 | 71 years, 338 days | May 22, 1972 | 29,230 days (80 years, 11 days) | |
29 | Lila Kedrova | Zorba the Greek | October 9, 1918 | April 5, 1965 | 46 years, 178 days | February 16, 2000 | 29,715 days (81 years, 130 days) | |
30 | Shelley Winters | A Patch of Blue | August 18, 1920 | April 18, 1966 | 45 years, 243 days | January 14, 2006 | 31,195 days (85 years, 149 days) | 2nd of 2 |
31 | Sandy Dennis | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf | April 27, 1937 | April 10, 1967 | 29 years, 348 days | March 2, 1992 | 20,033 days (54 years, 310 days) | |
32 | Estelle Parsons | Bonnie and Clyde | November 20, 1927 | April 10, 1968 | 40 years, 142 days | 33,202 days (90 years, 329 days) | ||
33 | Ruth Gordon | Rosemary's Baby | October 30, 1896 | April 14, 1969 | 72 years, 166 days | August 28, 1985 | 32,443 days (88 years, 302 days) | |
34 | Goldie Hawn | Cactus Flower | November 21, 1945 | April 7, 1970 | 24 years, 137 days | 26,626 days (72 years, 328 days) | ||
35 | Helen Hayes | Airport | October 10, 1900 | April 15, 1971 | 70 years, 187 days | March 17, 1993 | 33,761 days (92 years, 158 days) | |
36 | Cloris Leachman | The Last Picture Show | April 30, 1926 | April 10, 1972 | 45 years, 346 days | 33,771 days (92 years, 168 days) | ||
37 | Eileen Heckart | Butterflies Are Free | March 29, 1919 | March 27, 1973 | 53 years, 363 days | December 31, 2001 | 30,228 days (82 years, 277 days) | |
38 | Tatum O'Neal | Paper Moon | November 5, 1963 | April 2, 1974 | 10 years, 148 days | 20,068 days (54 years, 344 days) | Ms. O'Neal continues to hold the record as the youngest ever Academy Award Winner | |
39 | Ingrid Bergman | Murder on the Orient Express | August 29, 1915 | April 8, 1975 | 59 years, 222 days | August 29, 1982 | 24,472 days (67 years, 0 days) | |
40 | Lee Grant | Shampoo | October 31, 1927 | March 29, 1976 | 48 years, 150 days | 33,222 days (90 years, 349 days) | ||
41 | Beatrice Straight | Network | August 2, 1914 | March 28, 1977 | 62 years, 238 days | April 7, 2001 | 31,660 days (86 years, 248 days) | |
42 | Vanessa Redgrave | Julia | January 30, 1937 | April 3, 1978 | 41 years, 63 days | 29,843 days (81 years, 258 days) | ||
43 | Maggie Smith | California Suite | December 28, 1934 | April 9, 1979 | 44 years, 102 days | 30,607 days (83 years, 291 days) | ||
44 | Meryl Streep | Kramer vs. Kramer | June 22, 1949 | April 14, 1980 | 30 years, 297 days | 25,317 days (69 years, 115 days) | ||
45 | Mary Steenburgen | Melvin and Howard | February 8, 1953 | March 31, 1981 | 28 years, 51 days | 23,990 days (65 years, 249 days) | ||
46 | Maureen Stapleton | Reds | June 21, 1925 | March 29, 1982 | 56 years, 281 days | March 13, 2006 | 29,485 days (80 years, 265 days) | |
47 | Jessica Lange | Tootsie | April 20, 1949 | April 11, 1983 | 33 years, 356 days | 25,380 days (69 years, 178 days) | ||
48 | Linda Hunt | The Year of Living Dangerously | April 2, 1945 | April 9, 1984 | 39 years, 7 days | 26,859 days (73 years, 196 days) | ||
49 | Peggy Ashcroft | A Passage to India | December 22, 1907 | March 25, 1985 | 77 years, 93 days | June 14, 1991 | 30,490 days (83 years, 174 days) | Miss Ashcroft continues to hold the record as the oldest ever Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winner |
50 | Anjelica Huston | Prizzi's Honor | July 8, 1951 | March 24, 1986 | 34 years, 259 days | 24,571 days (67 years, 99 days) | ||
51 | Dianne Wiest | Hannah and Her Sisters | March 28, 1948 | March 30, 1987 | 39 years, 2 days | 25,768 days (70 years, 201 days) | 1st of 2 | |
52 | Olympia Dukakis | Moonstruck | June 20, 1931 | April 11, 1988 | 56 years, 296 days | 31,894 days (87 years, 117 days) | ||
53 | Geena Davis | The Accidental Tourist | January 21, 1956 | March 27, 1989 | 33 years, 65 days | 22,913 days (62 years, 267 days) | ||
54 | Brenda Fricker | My Left Foot | February 17, 1945 | March 26, 1990 | 45 years, 37 days | 26,903 days (73 years, 240 days) | ||
55 | Whoopi Goldberg | Ghost | November 13, 1955 | March 25, 1991 | 35 years, 132 days | 22,982 days (62 years, 336 days) | ||
56 | Mercedes Ruehl | The Fisher King | February 28, 1948 | March 30, 1992 | 44 years, 31 days | 25,797 days (70 years, 229 days) | ||
57 | Marisa Tomei | My Cousin Vinny | December 4, 1964 | March 29, 1993 | 28 years, 115 days | 19,673 days (53 years, 315 days) | ||
58 | Anna Paquin | The Piano | July 24, 1982 | March 21, 1994 | 11 years, 240 days | 13,232 days (36 years, 83 days) | ||
59 | Dianne Wiest | Bullets over Broadway | March 28, 1948 | March 27, 1995 | 46 years, 364 days | 25,768 days (70 years, 201 days) | 2nd of 2 | |
60 | Mira Sorvino | Mighty Aphrodite | September 28, 1967 | March 25, 1996 | 28 years, 179 days | 18,645 days (51 years, 17 days) | ||
61 | Juliette Binoche | The English Patient | March 9, 1964 | March 24, 1997 | 33 years, 15 days | 19,943 days (54 years, 220 days) | ||
62 | Kim Basinger | L.A. Confidential | December 8, 1953 | March 23, 1998 | 44 years, 105 days | 23,687 days (64 years, 311 days) | ||
63 | Judi Dench | Shakespeare in Love | December 9, 1934 | March 21, 1999 | 64 years, 102 days | 30,626 days (83 years, 310 days) | ||
64 | Angelina Jolie | Girl, Interrupted | June 4, 1975 | March 26, 2000 | 24 years, 296 days | 15,839 days (43 years, 133 days) | ||
65 | Marcia Gay Harden | Pollock | August 14, 1959 | March 25, 2001 | 41 years, 223 days | 21,612 days (59 years, 62 days) | ||
66 | Jennifer Connelly | A Beautiful Mind | December 12, 1970 | March 24, 2002 | 31 years, 102 days | 17,474 days (47 years, 307 days) | ||
67 | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Chicago | September 25, 1969 | March 23, 2003 | 33 years, 179 days | 17,917 days (49 years, 20 days) | ||
68 | Renée Zellweger | Cold Mountain | April 25, 1969 | February 29, 2004 | 34 years, 310 days | 18,070 days (49 years, 173 days) | ||
69 | Cate Blanchett | The Aviator | May 14, 1969 | February 27, 2005 | 35 years, 289 days | 18,051 days (49 years, 154 days) | ||
70 | Rachel Weisz | The Constant Gardener | March 7, 1970 | March 5, 2006 | 35 years, 363 days | 17,754 days (48 years, 222 days) | ||
71 | Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls | September 12, 1981 | February 25, 2007 | 25 years, 166 days | 13,547 days (37 years, 33 days) | ||
72 | Tilda Swinton | Michael Clayton | November 5, 1960 | February 24, 2008 | 47 years, 111 days | 21,163 days (57 years, 344 days) | ||
73 | Penélope Cruz | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | April 28, 1974 | February 22, 2009 | 34 years, 300 days | 16,241 days (44 years, 170 days) | ||
74 | Mo'Nique | Precious | December 11, 1967 | March 7, 2010 | 42 years, 86 days | 18,571 days (50 years, 308 days) | ||
75 | Melissa Leo | The Fighter | September 14, 1960 | February 27, 2011 | 50 years, 166 days | 21,215 days (58 years, 31 days) | ||
76 | Octavia Spencer | The Help | May 25, 1970 | February 26, 2012 | 41 years, 277 days | 16,944 days (46 years, 143 days) | ||
77 | Anne Hathaway | Les Misérables | November 12, 1982 | February 24, 2013 | 30 years, 104 days | 13,121 days (35 years, 337 days) | ||
78 | Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave | March 1, 1983 | March 2, 2014 | 31 years, 1 day | 13,012 days (35 years, 228 days) | ||
79 | Patricia Arquette | Boyhood | April 8, 1968 | February 22, 2015 | 46 years, 320 days | 18,452 days (50 years, 190 days) | ||
80 | Alicia Vikander | The Danish Girl | October 3, 1988 | February 28, 2016 | 27 years, 148 days | 10,969 days (30 years, 12 days) | ||
81 | Viola Davis | Fences | August 11, 1965 | February 26, 2017 | 51 years, 199 days | 19,423 days (53 years, 65 days) | ||
82 | Allison Janney | I, Tonya | November 19, 1959 | March 4, 2018 | 58 years, 105 days | 21,515 days (58 years, 330 days) | ||
# | Actor | Film | Date of birth | Date of award | Age upon receiving award |
Date of death | Lifespan | Notes |
- ↑ Official website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ↑ Official ceremony promotional website for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ↑ Official database website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Alice Brady holds the record for shortest lifespan (46 years, 360 days), as well as the shortest lifespan after receiving her award (1 year, 232 days).
- ↑ Celeste Holm holds the record for longest lifespan (95 years, 77 days), as well as the longest lifespan after receiving her award (64 years, 117 days).
See also
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- List of Best Actor winners by age
- List of Best Actress winners by age
- List of Best Supporting Actor winners by age
- List of Best Director winners by age
- List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees
External links
- Oscars.org (official Academy site)
- Oscar.com (official ceremony promotional site)
- The Academy Awards Database (official site)