Academy Juvenile Award the year 1934." Beginning her film career at the age of three, in 1934 Temple had attained child stardom in such films as "Stand Up and Cheer!", "Little Miss Marker", "Baby Take a Bow" and "Bright Eyes". Just six years old on the night she accepted her honorary statuette, Temple became the youngest recipient ever to be honored by the Academy, a distinction she still holds to this day. The 11th Annual Academy Awards recognized both Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney with the Juvenile Award honoring "their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth".
Academy Juvenile Award 1961, when 14-year-old Hayley Mills became the last recipient to be awarded the child-size statuette for her role in "Pollyanna". The Academy Awards, first presented on May 16, 1929, did not originally present a Special Award for Juvenile actors. The very first child actor to be nominated for an Oscar was 9-year-old Jackie Cooper who was nominated as Best Actor in 1931 for his work in the film "Skippy", but lost that year to Lionel Barrymore. Recognizing that children could be placed at an unfair disadvantage with Academy voters when nominated alongside their adult counterparts in the competitive Best Actor