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 88th Academy Awards ceremony for 2015.[2] Throughout the past 80 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 80 Best Supporting Actress awards to 78 different actresses. This list is current as of the 88th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 28, 2016.[3]

List of winners

#
 Actor
 Film
 Date of birth
 Date of award
 Age upon
receiving award
 Date of death
 Lifespan
 Notes
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 33,759 days (92 years, 156 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 33,549 days (91 years, 312 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 30,202 days (82 years, 251 days)
26 Rita Moreno West Side Story December 11, 1931 April 9, 1962 30 years, 119 days 31,043 days (84 years, 362 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 32,525 days (89 years, 17 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 25,949 days (71 years, 16 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 33,094 days (90 years, 221 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 19,391 days (53 years, 32 days) Ms. O'Neil 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 32,545 days (89 years, 37 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 29,166 days (79 years, 312 days)
43 Maggie Smith California Suite December 28, 1934 April 9, 1979 44 years, 102 days 29,930 days (81 years, 345 days)
44 Meryl Streep Kramer vs. Kramer June 22, 1949 April 14, 1980 30 years, 297 days 24,640 days (67 years, 168 days)
45 Mary Steenburgen Melvin and Howard February 8, 1953 March 31, 1981 28 years, 51 days 23,313 days (63 years, 303 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 24,703 days (67 years, 231 days)
48 Linda Hunt The Year of Living Dangerously April 2, 1945 April 9, 1984 39 years, 7 days 26,182 days (71 years, 249 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 Academy Award winner
50 Anjelica Huston Prizzi's Honor July 8, 1951 March 24, 1986 34 years, 259 days 23,894 days (65 years, 152 days)
51 Dianne Wiest Hannah and Her Sisters March 28, 1948 March 30, 1987 39 years, 2 days 25,091 days (68 years, 254 days) 1st of 2
52 Olympia Dukakis Moonstruck June 20, 1931 April 11, 1988 56 years, 296 days 31,217 days (85 years, 170 days)
53 Geena Davis The Accidental Tourist January 21, 1956 March 27, 1989 33 years, 65 days 22,236 days (60 years, 321 days)
54 Brenda Fricker My Left Foot February 17, 1945 March 26, 1990 45 years, 37 days 26,226 days (71 years, 294 days)
55 Whoopi Goldberg Ghost November 13, 1955 March 25, 1991 35 years, 132 days 22,305 days (61 years, 24 days)
56 Mercedes Ruehl The Fisher King February 28, 1948 March 30, 1992 44 years, 31 days 25,120 days (68 years, 283 days)
57 Marisa Tomei My Cousin Vinny December 4, 1964 March 29, 1993 28 years, 115 days 18,996 days (52 years, 3 days)
58 Anna Paquin The Piano July 24, 1982 March 21, 1994 11 years, 240 days 12,555 days (34 years, 136 days)
59 Dianne Wiest Bullets Over Broadway March 28, 1948 March 27, 1995 46 years, 364 days 25,091 days (68 years, 254 days) 2nd of 2
60 Mira Sorvino Mighty Aphrodite September 28, 1967 March 25, 1996 28 years, 179 days 17,968 days (49 years, 70 days)
61 Juliette Binoche The English Patient March 9, 1964 March 24, 1997 33 years, 15 days 19,266 days (52 years, 273 days)
62 Kim Basinger L.A. Confidential December 8, 1953 March 23, 1998 44 years, 105 days 23,010 days (62 years, 365 days)
63 Judi Dench Shakespeare in Love December 9, 1934 March 21, 1999 64 years, 102 days 29,949 days (81 years, 364 days)
64 Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted June 4, 1975 March 26, 2000 24 years, 296 days 15,162 days (41 years, 186 days)
65 Marcia Gay Harden Pollock August 14, 1959 March 25, 2001 41 years, 223 days 20,935 days (57 years, 115 days)
66 Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind December 12, 1970 March 24, 2002 31 years, 102 days 16,797 days (45 years, 361 days)
67 Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago September 25, 1969 March 23, 2003 33 years, 179 days 17,240 days (47 years, 73 days)
68 Renée Zellweger Cold Mountain April 25, 1969 February 29, 2004 34 years, 310 days 17,393 days (47 years, 226 days)
69 Cate Blanchett The Aviator May 14, 1969 February 27, 2005 35 years, 289 days 17,374 days (47 years, 207 days)
70 Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener March 7, 1970 March 5, 2006 35 years, 363 days 17,077 days (46 years, 275 days)
71 Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls September 12, 1981 February 25, 2007 25 years, 166 days 12,870 days (35 years, 86 days)
72 Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton November 5, 1960 February 24, 2008 47 years, 111 days 20,486 days (56 years, 32 days)
73 Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona April 28, 1974 February 22, 2009 34 years, 300 days 15,564 days (42 years, 223 days)
74 Mo'Nique Precious December 11, 1967 March 7, 2010 42 years, 86 days 17,894 days (48 years, 362 days)
75 Melissa Leo The Fighter September 14, 1960 February 27, 2011 50 years, 166 days 20,538 days (56 years, 84 days)
76 Octavia Spencer The Help May 25, 1970 February 26, 2012 39 years, 277 days 16,267 days (44 years, 196 days)
77 Anne Hathaway Les Misérables November 12, 1982 February 24, 2013 30 years, 104 days 12,444 days (34 years, 25 days)
78 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave March 1, 1983 March 2, 2014 31 years, 1 day 12,335 days (33 years, 281 days)
79 Patricia Arquette Boyhood April 8, 1968 February 22, 2015 46 years, 320 days 17,775 days (48 years, 243 days)
80 Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl October 3, 1988 February 28, 2016 27 years, 148 days 10,292 days (28 years, 65 days)
# Actor Film Date of birth Date of award Age upon
receiving award		 Date of death Lifespan Notes
  1. ↑ Official website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. ↑ Official ceremony promotional website for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ↑ Official database website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ 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).

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