4th Youth in Film Awards

4th Youth in Film Awards
Official program
Awarded forAchievement in the 1981—1982 season
DateNovember 21, 1982
SiteSheraton Universal Hotel
Universal City, California
Hosted byDavid Faustino

The 4th 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 1981-1982 season, and took place on November 21, 1982, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, California.[1][2]

The big winner that year was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, with one of the rare "sweeps" in the history of the Youth in Film Awards. The film won all categories for which it was nominated, taking a total of four awards – "Best 'Fantasy' Family Motion Picture", "Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture" for Henry Thomas, "Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture" for Robert MacNaughton and "Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture" for 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][4][5]

Categories

★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.[3]

Best Young Performer in a Feature Film

Best Young Motion Picture Actor

★ Henry Thomas - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Universal) as [3] as Elliott

Best Young Motion Picture Actress

★ Aileen Quinn - Annie (Columbia) as Annie

Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

★ Robert MacNaughton - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Universal)[3] as Michael Taylor

Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

★ Drew Barrymore - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Universal)[3] as Gertie

Best Young Performer in a Television Movie

Best Young Actor in a Movie Made for Television

★ Neil Billingsley - Million Dollar Infield (CBS)[3] as Jay Frische

Best Young Actress in a Movie Made for Television

★ Nancy McKeon - The Facts of Life Goes to Paris (NBC)[3] as Jo Polniaczek

  • Susan Blackstone - The Rules of Marriage (20th Century Fox)[3] as Margo Hagan
  • Tara Kennedy - The Electric Grandmother (NBC)[3] as Agatha
  • Angela Lee - Breaking Up is Hard To Do (Columbia)[3]
  • Sydney Penny - The Patricia Neal Story (CBS)[3] as Tessa Dahl
  • Sydney Penny - The Capture of Grizzly Adams (NBC)[3] as Peg Adams

Best Young Performer in a Television Special

Best Young Actor in a Television Special

★ Adam Rich - CBS Children's Mystery Theatre - Zertigo Diamond Caper (CBS)[3] as Jeffrey Brenner

Best Young Actress in a Television Special

★ Nancy McKeon - Please Don't Hit Me, Mom! (ABC)[3] as Nancy Parks

Best Young Performer in a Television Series

Best Young Actor in a Drama Series

★ Timothy Gibbs - Father Murphy (NBC)[3] as Will Adams

Best Young Actress in a Drama Series

★ (tie) Melissa Gilbert - Little House on the Prairie: A New Beginning (NBC)[3] as Laura Ingalls Wilder
★ (tie) Jill Whelan - The Love Boat (ABC)[3] as Vicki Stubing

Best Young Actor in a Comedy Series

★ Gary Coleman - Diff'rent Strokes (NBC)[3] as Arnold Jackson

Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series

★ Nancy McKeon - The Facts of Life (NBC)[3] as Jo Polniaczek

Best Young Actor in a New Television Series

★ Ricky Schroder - Silver Spoons (NBC)[3] as Richard Bluthorn "Rick" or "Ricky" Stratton

Best Young Actress in a New Television Series

★ Erin Moran - Joanie Loves Chachi (ABC)[3] as Joanie Cunningham

Best Young Actor in a Daytime Series

★ Michael Damian - The Young and the Restless (CBS)[3] as Danny Romalotti

Best Young Actress in a Daytime Series

★Janine Turner - General Hospital (ABC)[3] as Laura Templeton

Best Young Actor: Guest on a Series

★ Keith Mitchell - Knight Rider (NBC)[3] as Davey Benson

Best Young Actress: Guest on a Series

★ Roxana Zal - Hart to Hart (ABC)[3] as Riley

Best Family Entertainment

Best Family Motion Picture

★ Rocky III (M.G.M.)[3]

Best Family Motion Picture: Animated, Music or Fantasy

★ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Universal)[3]

Best New Family Television Series

★ Silver Spoons (NBC)[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Crouse, Richard (2005). Reel Winners (illustrated ed.). Dundurn Press Ltd. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1-55002-574-0.
  2. ↑ Riggs, Thomas (2007). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale / Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-7876-9047-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 "4th Annual Youth In Film Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. ↑ "Young Artist Awards - President's Message". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  5. ↑ "HFPA Golden Globes - Young Artist Foundation". GoldenGlobes.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-31.