In terms of longevity, the oldest-living major Academy Award winner is Dame Olivia de Havilland, who celebrated her 101st birthday on July 1, 2017. She won Best Actress awards for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949).
De Havilland replaced Luise Rainer, the German-born star who died December 30, 2014 -- two weeks shy of what would have been her 105th birthday on January 12, 2015. Rainer received back-to-back Best Actress awards for "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "The Good Earth" (1937).
In terms of competition, the oldest person to win an Oscar was Christopher Plummer. On February 26, 2012, at the age of 82, he won the 2011 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners." He surpassed the previous record set on March 26, 1990 by Jessica Tandy, who won the 1989 Best Actress award for "Driving Miss Daisy" when she was 80 years and 292 days old.
In terms of longevity, the oldest-living major Academy Award winner is Olivia de Havilland, who will celebrate her 99th birthday on July 1, 2015. She won Best Actress awards for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949). De Havilland replaced Luise Rainer, the German-born star who died December 30, 2014 -- two weeks shy of what would have been her 105th birthday on January 12, 2015. Rainer received back-to-back Best Actress awards for "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "The Good Earth" (1937).
In terms of competition, the oldest person to win an Oscar was Christopher Plummer. On February 26, 2012, at the age of 82, he won the 2011 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners." He surpassed the previous record set on March 26, 1990 by Jessica Tandy, who won the 1989 Best Actress award for "Driving Miss Daisy" when she was 80 years and 292 days old.
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The first Best Animated Feature Oscar was presented for the year 2001. The winner was "Shrek."
The only actor to win an Oscar for playing a real-life Oscar winner is Cate Blanchett. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2004 for playing Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator.Robert Downey, Jr. is the only other actor nominated for playing a previous nominee, Charlie Chaplin, in Chaplin.Maggie Smith won an Oscar as supporting actress for portraying a fictional actress in The California Suite (1978). In the movie she gets ready for the ceremony, and returns to the hotel afterwards, without the award.
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As of 2014, Sidney Poitier is the oldest living male Oscar winner. He was born 20th February 1927.
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Jessica Tandy was the oldest Best Actress Oscar winner for Driving Miss Daisy.
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In terms of longevity, the oldest-living major Oscar winner is Olivia de Havilland, who turned 100 on July 1, 2016. She won Best Actress awards for "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949). In terms of competition, the oldest person to win an Oscar was Christopher Plummer. On February 26, 2012, at the age of 82, he won the 2011 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners." He surpassed the previous record set on March 26, 1990 by Jessica Tandy, who won the 1989 Best Actress award for "Driving Miss Daisy" when she was 80 years and 292 days old.
Alan Arkin. On February 2007, he won the best actor for supporting role in Little Miss Sunshine. He was 72 and one of the oldest winners.
Cate Blanchett won a Best Supporting Oscar for her portrayal of 4-time Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator(2004).
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