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Oldest Best Supporting Actress Winners
This list features the oldest actresses to have won Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards.
RANK | ACTRESS | AGE | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Peggy Ashcroft | 77 years, 93 days | A Passage to India | 1984 |
2 | Josephine Hull | 74 years, 85 days | Harvey | 1950 |
3 | Youn Yuh-jung | 73 years, 310 days | Minari | 2020 |
4 | Ruth Gordon | 72 years, 166 days | Rosemary's Baby | 1968 |
5 | Margaret Rutherford | 71 years, 338 days | The V.I.P.s | 1963 |
6 | Helen Hayes | 70 years, 187 days | Airport | 1970 |
7 | Ethel Barrymore | 65 years, 212 days | None But the Lonely Heart | 1944 |
8 | Jamie Lee Curtis | 64 years, 110 days | Everything Everywhere All at Once | 2022 |
9 | Judi Dench | 64 years, 102 days | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 |
10 | Beatrice Straight | 62 years, 238 days | Network | 1976 |
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_5 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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