77-year-old Peggy Ashcroft for A Passage to India(1984).
LA Confidential was not nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category; however, it was nominated in the Best Actress category, and Kim Bassinger won the award.
Linda Hunt, winner of the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "The Year of Living Dangerously," appears in the 1985 Western "Silverado."
It was Hattie McDaniel, who won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."
I'm not sure how tall Tatum O'Neal and Anna Paquin were when they won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Best Suporting Actress winner Linda Hunt is only 4' 9" (1.45 m). She might be the shortest.
The first one was Hattie McDaniel, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Tatum O'Neal won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Addie Pray in "Paper Moon." When she accepted the award on April 2, 1974, she was 10 years and 148 days old, which made her the youngest winner of a competitive Oscar.
Anna Paquin for The Piano.The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 1993 went to Anna Paquin for her performance in "The Piano."Anna Paquin won for her role as Flora McGrath in The Piano. She was the second youngest winner at age 11.The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 1993 went to Anna Paquin for her performance in "The Piano." She received the Oscar when she was 11 years, 240 days old, making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in any acting category. Tatum O'Neal won the 1973 Best Supporting Actress awardwhen she was 10 years, 148 days old.
Jessica Lange.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Dame Judi Dench won Academy Awards for their performances in the 1998 Best Picture winner. Paltrow was named Best Actress and Dench Best Supporting Actress.
Chris Cooper
As of 2014, Sidney Poitier is the oldest living male Oscar winner. He was born 20th February 1927.
Chris Cooper.