Who is the youngest person ever to have won an Oscar for best supporting actor or actress?
1. Shirley Temple at age 6 was the youngest person to receive an Oscar. Temple was presented with an honorary (non-competitive) miniature statuette in 1934. 2. Justin Henry at age 8 was the youngest person to be nominated Best Supporting Actor, for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1980 and Timothy Hutton at age 20 was the youngest person to win Best Supporting Actor, for Ordinary People in 1981.