7th Youth in Film Awards explained

Number:7
Award:Youth in Film Awards
Award Link:Young Artist Award
Date:December 15, 1985
Site:Coconut Grove
Ambassador Hotel

Los Angeles, California
Awarded For:Achievement in the 19841985 season
Host:Drew Barrymore
Website:YoungArtistAwards.org
Last:6th
Next:8th

The 7th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film and television for the 1984-1985 season, and took place on December 15, 1985, at the Ambassador Hotel's historical Coconut Grove night club in Los Angeles, California.[1] [2] [3] [4] Hosting the ceremony that year was 10-year-old Drew Barrymore.[3]

Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Youth in Film Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.[1] [5] [6]

Categories

Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Conflicting reports indicates a conflict in information between the Young Artist Awards official website's list of winners for that year[4] and the Daily News of Los Angeles' list of winners published the day after the ceremony.[3] The Young Artist Award's official website states that - "The Internet Movie Database has been used to ensure correct information is maintained on this web site".[7] However, IMDb was launched in 1990 (five years after the 7th Youth in Film Awards ceremony was held) and is largely a user-generated website.

Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture

Best Starring Performance By a Young Actor - Motion Picture

Corey Haim - Silver Bullet (Paramount Pictures)

Best Starring Performance By a Young Actress - Motion Picture

Meredith Salenger - The Journey of Natty Gann (Disney)

Exceptional Performance By a Young Actor - Motion Picture

Corey Haim - Firstborn (Paramount)

Exceptional Performance By a Young Actress - Motion Picture

Sydney Penny - Pale Rider (Warner Bros)

Best Young Performer in a Television Special or Mini-Series

Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Special or Mini-Series

(Conflicting reports) Chad Allen - Code of Vengeance (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3])
(Conflicting reports) River Phoenix - (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4])

Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Special or Mini-Series

(Conflicting reports) Laura Jacoby - The Night They Saved Christmas (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4])
(Conflicting reports) Carrie Wells - The Bad Seed (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3])

Exceptional Performance By a Young Actor in a Television Special or Mini-Series

Joshua Miller - Highway to Heaven (episode "A Song for Jason") (NBC)

Exceptional Performance By a Young Actress in a Television Special or Mini-Series

Christa Denton - Not My Kid (CBS)

Best Young Performer in a Television Series

Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series

(Conflicting reports) Emmanuel Lewis - Webster (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3])
(Conflicting reports) Marc Price - Family Ties (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4])

Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series

(Conflicting reports) Lisa Bonet - The Cosby Show (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3])
(Conflicting reports) Soleil Moon Frye - Punky Brewster (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4])

Best Young Supporting Actor in a Television Series

Mackenzie Astin - The Facts of Life (NBC)

Best Young Supporting Actress in a Television Series

Alyssa Milano - Who's the Boss? (ABC)

Best Young Performer in a New Television Series

Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series

Kirk Cameron - Growing Pains (ABC)

Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Series

(Conflicting reports) Tracey Gold - Growing Pains (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3])
(Conflicting reports) Tracy Wells - Mr. Belvedere (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4])

Best Young Supporting Actor in a New Television Series

Jeremy Miller - Growing Pains (ABC)

Best Young Supporting Actress in a New Television Series

Emily Schulman - Small Wonder (Metromedia KTTV)

Best Young Performer in a Regular Daytime Serial

Outstanding Young Actor - Regular Daytime Serial

(Conflicting reports) Brandon Call - Santa Barbara (NBC) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4])
(Conflicting reports) David Mendenhall - General Hospital (ABC) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3])

Outstanding Young Actress - Regular Daytime Serial

Kimberly McCullough - General Hospital (ABC)

Best Young Performer: Guest in a Television Series

Best Young Actor - Guest in a Television Series

Bumper RobinsonCagney & Lacey (CBS)

Best Young Actress - Guest in a Television Series

Jaclyn Bernstein – The Twilight Zone (episode "Children's Zoo) (CBS)

Best Young Performer: Animation Voice-Over

Outstanding Young Actor - Animation Voice-Over

David Mendenhall - The Berenstain Bears (Southern Star-Hanna Barbera/Australia)

Outstanding Young Actress - Animation Voice-Over

(Conflicting reports) Bettina Bush - The Littles and Rainbow Brite (DIC Enterprises) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3])
(Conflicting reports) Gini Holtzman - Charlie Brown & Snoopy Show (Mendelson/Melendez) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4])

Best Family Entertainment

Best Family Television Special

A Reason to Live (NBC)

Best New Television Series - Comedy or Drama

Growing Pains (ABC)

Best Family Animation Series or Special

The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (Medelson-Melendez-Schulz)

Best Family Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

(Conflicting reports) The Heavenly Kid (Orion Pictures) - (Winner declared by the Young Artist Awards website[4])
(Conflicting reports) Pee-wee's Big Adventure (Warner Brothers) - (Winner declared by the Daily News of Los Angeles[3])

Best Family Motion Picture - Adventure

Back to the Future (Universal)

Best Family Motion Picture - Drama

Cocoon (20th Century Fox)

Youth In Film's Special Awards

Best Young Actor in a Foreign Film

Kristjan Markersen (Denmark) - Otto Is A Rhino (Metronome Productions)

Best Young Actress in a Foreign Film

Shiori Sakura (Japan) - MacArthur's Children (Orion Classics)

Best Foreign Family Film

Otto is a Rhino (Otto er et Nasehorn) (Denmark) - Directed by Rumle Hammerich

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Crouse, Richard. Reel Winners. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 2005. illustrated. 42–43. 1-55002-574-0.
  2. Book: Riggs, Thomas . Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale / Cengage Learning. 2007. 0-7876-9047-3.
  3. Web site: Youthful Actors Honored. Elizabeth Hartigan. 1985-12-16. Daily News of Los Angeles.
  4. Web site: 7th Annual Youth In Film Awards . 2011-03-31 . YoungArtistAwards.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101114094139/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms7.htm . 2010-11-14 .
  5. Web site: Young Artist Awards - President's Message . 2011-03-31 . YoungArtistAwards.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181906/http://www.youngartistawards.org/presidents.html . 2013-01-16 .
  6. Web site: HFPA Golden Globes - Young Artist Foundation . 2011-03-31 . GoldenGlobes.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110317192954/http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2011/03/young-artist-foundation-recognizes-the-young-and-talented/ . 2011-03-17 .
  7. Web site: 32nd Annual Young Artist Awards . 2011-03-31 . YoungArtistAwards.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130808150433/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms32.html . 2013-08-08 .