Juvenile Oscar
The Academy Juvenile Award, also known informally as the Juvenile Oscar, was a Academy Honorary Award, Special Honorary Academy Awards, Academy Award bestowed at the discretion of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences#Current administration of the Academy, Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to specifically recognize wikt:juvenile, juvenile performers under the age of eighteen for their "outstanding contribution[s] to screen entertainment". The honor was first awarded by the Academy at the 7th Academy Awards to 6-year-old Shirley Temple for her work in 1934 in film, motion pictures of 1934. The Award continued to be presented intermittently over the next 26 years to a total of 12 child actors and actresses, with the last Juvenile Oscar presented at the 33rd Academy Awards to 14-year-old Hayley Mills who received the child-size statuette for her performance in the 1960 in film, 1960 film ''Pollyanna (1960 film), Pollyanna''. The ...
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Bobby Driscoll
Robert Cletus Driscoll (March 3, 1937 – March 30, 1968) was an American actor known for his film and television performances from 1943 to 1960. He starred in some of the Walt Disney Studios' best-known live-action pictures of that period: ''Song of the South'' (1946), ''So Dear to My Heart'' (1949), and ''Treasure Island'' (1950), as well as RKO's '' The Window'' (1949). He served as the animation model and provided the voice for the title role in ''Peter Pan'' (1953). He received an Academy Juvenile Award for outstanding performances in ''So Dear to My Heart'' and ''The Window''. In the mid-1950s, Driscoll's acting career began to decline, and he turned primarily to guest appearances on anthology TV series. He became addicted to narcotics, and was sentenced to prison for illicit drug use. After his release, he focused his attention on the ''avant-garde'' art scene. In ill health from his substance abuse, and with his funds depleted, his body was discovered on March 30, ...
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