Every year, a lot of actors win awards on Oscar night, but the ones who most often win the evening (at least in the hearts of viewers) are the young stars and starlets who get to walk the red carpet. Sometimes they even win Oscar gold, too. Below we run down a history of cute kids at the Oscars, dating back to 1930’s Jackie Cooper.
Jackie Cooper – “Skippy” (1930)
Jackie Cooper was nominated for Best Actor for his role in 1930s movie “Skippy.” To date, he’s the youngest boy to ever be nominated in the Best Actor category. He lost to Lionel Barrymore, who thanked Cooper in his acceptance speech — but Cooper had already fallen asleep on Marie