6th Youth in Film Awards

6th Youth in Film Awards
Hollywood, California
Hosted by	Anthony Michael Hall
Official website	YoungArtistAwards.org
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The 6th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the

Established in 1978 by long-standing

Categories

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

Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture

Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

★ Noah Hathaway – The NeverEnding Story (Warner Bros)

• Peter Billingsley – A Christmas Story (MGM/UA)
• Sixteen Candles
  (Universal)
• Ross Harris – Testament (Paramount)
• Byron Thames – Heart Like a Wheel (20th Century Fox)
• Jason Presson – The Stone Boy (TLC Films/20th Century Fox)
• Barret Oliver – The NeverEnding Story (Warner Bros)
• Henry Thomas – Cloak & Dagger (Universal)

Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

★ Molly Ringwald – Sixteen Candles (Universal)

• Drew Barrymore – Irreconcilable Differences (Warner Bros)
• Alison Eastwood – Tightrope (Warner Bros)
• Christina Nigra – Cloak & Dagger (Universal)
• Roxana Zal – Testament (Paramount)

Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

★ Ke Huy Quan – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Paramount)

• Corey Feldman – Gremlins (Warner Bros)
• Huckleberry Fox – Misunderstood (MGM/UA)
• Chris Hebert – The Last Starfighter (Lorimar)
• Damon Hines – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (20th Century Fox)
• Robby Kiger – Children of the Corn (Gatlin Productions)
• Ian Petrella – A Christmas Story (MGM/UA)
• Brad Savage – Red Dawn (MGM/UA)
• The Karate Kid
  (Columbia)

Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama

★

(Columbia)

• Therese Graham – Country (Disney)
• Gennie James – Places in the Heart (Tri-Star)
• Anne Marie McEvoy – Children of the Corn (Gatlin Productions)
• Sarah Jessica Parker – Footloose (Paramount)
• Tami Stronach – The NeverEnding Story (Warner Bros)

Best Young Performer in a Family Film Made for Television

Best Young Actor in a Family Film Made for Television

★ Doug Scott – The Day After (ABC)

• Shane Conrad – Hard Knox (NBC)
• Timothy Gibbs – CBS Schoolbreak Special – Dead Wrong (CBS)
• Leaf and River Phoenix – ABC Afterschool Special – Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (ABC)
• Jerry Supiran – Policewoman Centerfold (Orion-TV)

Best Young Actress in a Family Film Made for Television

★

(ABC)

• Amanita Hyldahl – The Winter of Our Discontent (CBS)
• Jill Schoelen – Happy Endings (NBC)
• NBC Special Treat
  – Bobby and Sarah (NBC)
• Claudia Wells – Anatomy of an Illness (CBS)

Best Young Performer in a Television Drama Series

Best Young Actor in a Daytime or Nighttime Television Series

★ David Mendenhall – General Hospital (ABC)

• Brian Bloom – As the World Turns (CBS)
• Danny Ponce – Knots Landing (CBS)
• Damian Scheller – Guiding Light (CBS)
• Trevor Richard – Another World (NBC)
• Omri Katz – Dallas (CBS)

Best Young Actress in a Daytime or Nighttime Television Series

★ Shalane McCall – Dallas (CBS)

• Melissa Brennan – Santa Barbara (NBC)
• Kristian Alfonso – Days of Our Lives (NBC)
• Dana Kimmell – Days of Our Lives (NBC)
• Lisa Trusel – Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Best Young Supporting Actor in a Daytime or Nighttime Drama

★ David Hollander – Call to Glory (ABC)

• Gabriel Damon – Call to Glory (ABC)
• Bobby Jacoby – Knots Landing (CBS)
• Kirk Cameron – Two Marriages (ABC)
• Paul Stout – Scarecrow and Mrs. King (CBS)
• Todd McKee – Santa Barbara (NBC)

Best Young Supporting Actress in a Daytime or Nighttime Drama

★ Melora Hardin – Two Marriages (ABC)

• Michelle Bennett – The Yellow Rose (NBC)
• Tonya Crowe – Knots Landing (CBS)
• Andrea Barber – Days of Our Lives (NBC)
• Julie Anne Haddock – Boone (NBC)
• Amanda Peterson – Boone (NBC)

Best Young Performer in a Television Comedy Series

Best Young Actor in a Television Comedy Series

★

(ABC)

• Jason Bateman – It's Your Move (NBC)
• Emmanuel Lewis – Webster (ABC)
• Alfonso Ribeiro – Silver Spoons (NBC)
• John Stamos – Dreams (CBS)

Best Young Actress in a Television Comedy Series

★ Justine Bateman – Family Ties (NBC)

• Kim Fields – The Facts of Life (NBC)
• Soleil Moon Frye – Punky Brewster (NBC)
• Lauri Hendler – Gimme a Break! (NBC)
• Laura Jacoby – Mr. Smith (NBC)
• Ari Meyers – Kate & Allie (CBS)
• Jill Whelan – The Love Boat (ABC)

Best Young Supporting Actor in a Television Comedy Series

★ (tie) Corky Pigeon – Silver Spoons (NBC)
★ (tie) Malcolm-Jamal Warner – The Cosby Show (NBC)

• Danny Cooksey – Diff'rent Strokes (NBC)
• Frederick Koehler – Kate & Allie (CBS)
• Joey Lawrence – Gimme a Break! (NBC)

Best Young Supporting Actress in a Television Comedy Series

★ Tina Yothers – Family Ties (NBC)

• Tempestt Bledsoe – The Cosby Show (NBC)
• Lisa Bonet – The Cosby Show (NBC)
• Missy Gold – Benson (ABC)
• Lara Jill Miller – Gimme a Break! (NBC)
• Keshia Knight Pulliam – The Cosby Show (NBC)

Best Young Performer in a Cable Series or Program

Best Young Actor/Actress in a Cable Series or Program

★ Priscilla Weems – Five Mile Creek (Disney Channel)

• Down to Earth
  (TBS Superstation)
• Let's Hear It for the Boy (Deniece Williams
  music video)
• Down to Earth
  (TBS Superstation)

Best Young Performer: Guest in a Series

Best Young Actor: Guest in a Series

★ Taliesin Jaffe – The Facts of Life (NBC)

• David Faustino – The Love Boat (ABC)
• David Friedman – Mama's Family (NBC)
• Chad Allen – Airwolf (CBS)
• Barret Oliver – Highway to Heaven (NBC)
• John Louie – Riptide (ABC)
• Bumper Robinson – Matt Houston (ABC)
• R. J. Williams – Magnum, P.I. (CBS)
• Jaleel White – The Jeffersons (CBS)
• Eric Johnson – V (NBC)

Best Young Actress: Guest in a Series

★ Heather O'Rourke – Webster (ABC)

• Angela Lee – The Master (NBC)
• Christa Denton – Silver Spoons (NBC)
• Shannen Doherty – Airwolf (CBS)
• Natalie Klinger – One Day at a Time (CBS)
• Tanya Fenmore – Mama's Family (NBC)
• Sydney Penny – Silver Spoons (NBC)
• Robyn Lively – Knight Rider (NBC)
• Bridgette Andersen – The Mississippi (CBS)
• Kim Richards – The Mississippi (CBS)

Best Family Entertainment

Best Family Film Made for Television

★ Something About Amelia (ABC)

• ABC Afterschool Special – Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (ABC)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special – Welcome Home, Jellybean (CBS)
• CBS Schoolbreak Special – Dead Wrong (CBS)
• ABC Afterschool Special – Summer Switch (ABC)

Best New Comedy or Drama Television Series

★ The Cosby Show (NBC)

• Call to Glory (ABC)
• Charles in Charge (CBS)
• Who's the Boss? (ABC)
• Highway to Heaven (NBC)
• It's Your Move (NBC)
• Kate & Allie (CBS)
• Punky Brewster (NBC)

Best Family Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

★ Ghostbusters (Columbia)

• Breakin' (Cannon)
• A Christmas Story (MGM/UA)
• Footloose (Paramount)
• Splash (Disney)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (Tri Star)

Best Family Motion Picture – Adventure

★ Gremlins (Warner Bros.)

• Cloak & Dagger (Universal)
• The NeverEnding Story (Warner Bros.)
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (20th Century Fox)
• Space Raiders (New World)
• The Stone Boy (TLC Films)

Best Family Motion Picture – Drama

★

(Columbia)

• The Right Stuff (The Ladd Co.)
• Heart Like a Wheel (20th Century Fox)
• Running Brave (Disney)
• Tank (Universal)

Youth In Film's Special Awards

Former Child Star Award

★ Jerry Mathers – Leave It to Beaver

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures

★

– MGM

Youth In Film's Theater Arts Award

★ Tina and Dennis Caspary (Dance team)

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television

★ Martin Tahse (Producer of various After School Specials)

Best Young Actor in a Foreign Film

★ Martin Lewis – Five Mile Creek (Australia)

Best Young Actress in a Foreign Film

★ Nina Knapskog – Kamilla (Norway) – Produced by Vibeke Lakkeberg

Best Foreign Film

★ The Gods Must Be Crazy (South Africa) – Released by 20TH Century Fox Film Co.

References

External links

• Official site