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Academy Awards
Oldest Best Actress Winners
This list features the oldest actresses to have won Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
RANK | ACTRESS | AGE | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Jessica Tandy | 80 years, 292 days | Driving Miss Daisy | 1989 |
2 | Katharine Hepburn | 74 years, 321 days | On Golden Pond | 1981 |
3 | Frances McDormand | 63 years, 306 days | Nomadland | 2020 |
4 | Marie Dressler | 63 years, 1 day | Min and Bill | 1930/31 |
5 | Meryl Streep | 62 years, 249 days | The Iron Lady | 2011 |
6 | Katharine Hepburn | 61 years, 337 days | The Lion in Winter | 1968 |
7 | Helen Mirren | 61 years, 214 days | The Queen | 2006 |
8 | Geraldine Page | 61 years, 122 days | The Trip to Bountiful | 1985 |
9 | Katharine Hepburn | 60 years, 334 days | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 1967 |
10 | Frances McDormand | 60 years, 254 days | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 2017 |
References
Wikipedia (n.d.) List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Oldest winners, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Oldest_winners_4 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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