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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.

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Tatum O'Neal, who won the 1973 Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress in "Paper Moon," was the youngest person to win a competitive Oscar. When she accepted the award on April 2, 1974, she was 10 years and 148 days old.

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Quvenzhané Wallis is the youngest actress ever nominated for an Oscar. She was only nine years old when she received a 2012 Best Actress nomination for her role in "Beasts of the Southern Wild."

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Marlee Matlin won for Children of a Lesser God (1986). She was 21 years old.

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Marlee Matlin won for Children of a Lesser God (1986). She was 21 years old.

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Tatum O'Neal won the Best Supporting Actress award for "Paper Moon" in 1974 when she was 10 years old.

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