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19th Youth in Film Awards

The 19th 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, television and theatre for the 1996-1997 season, and took place on March 14, 1998, in Hollywood, California.

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 21 in the fields of film, television, theatre and music.

Categories

★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Best Young Performer in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor

☠(tie) Blake Heron - Shiloh<br> ☠(tie) Kevin Zegers - Air Bud

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress

☠Mara Wilson - A Simple Wish

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor

★ Jeremy Foley - Dante's Peak

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress

★ Jessica Biel - Ulee's Gold

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actor Age Ten or Under

★ Joseph Ashton - The Education of Little Tree

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress Age Ten or Under

★ Jamie Renée Smith - Dante's Peak

Best Young Performer in a TV Movie, Pilot or Mini-Series

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actor

★ Gregory Smith - Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actress

★ Jena Malone - Ellen Foster

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actor

★ Edwin Hodge - Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actress

★ Shadia Simmons - In His Father's Shoes

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Young Actor Age 10 or Under

★ Seth Adkins - ...First Do No Harm

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Young Actress Age 10 or Under

★ Kristen Bone - Flood: A River's Rampage

  • Courtney Chase - Rose Hill
  • Alexandra Purvis - Ronnie & Julie
  • Dara Perlmutter - Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

Best Young Performer in a TV Drama Series

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actor

★ (tie) Austin O'Brien - Promised Land<br> ★ (tie) Michael Yarmush - My Life as a Dog

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actress

★ (tie) Beverley Mitchell - 7th Heaven<br> ★ (tie) Sarah Schaub - Promised Land

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor

★ Ryan Merriman - The Pretender

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress

★ Brittany Tiplady - Millennium

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor

★ Trevor O'Brien - Promised Land

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress

★ Cara Rose - Touched by an Angel

Best Young Performer in a TV Comedy Series

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Performer

★ Melissa Joan Hart - Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor

★ Kyle Sabihy - Hiller and Diller

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress

★ Michelle Trachtenberg - Meego

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actor

★ Kyle Gibson - Jenny

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actress

★ Sydney Berry - 3rd Rock from the Sun

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Young Actor Age Ten or Under

★ Jonathan Osser - Hiller and Diller

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Young Actress Age Ten or Under

★ Madylin Sweeten - Everybody Loves Raymond

Best Young Performer in a TV Daytime Drama

Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Performers (Male & Female)

★ Collin O'Donnell (Male) - Days of Our Lives<br> ★ Kimberly J. Brown (Female) - Guiding Light

Best Young Performer in a Voice-Over

Best Performance in a Voice-Over - TV or Film: Young Actor

★ Mathew Valencia - The New Batman Adventures

Best Performance in a Voice-Over - TV or Film: Young Actress

★ Francesca Smith - Hey Arnold!

Best Young Ensemble Performance

Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film: Young Ensemble

★ The Right Connections

Elizabeth Hart, Emily Hart, Alexandra Hart-Gilliams, Brian Hart, Melissa Joan Hart
  • Ditchdigger's Daughter
Adrienne Monique Coleman, Jameelah Nuriddin, Kiara Tucker, Rae'Ven Kelly, Malaika Jabali, Niaja Cotton
Kevin Zegers, David Klein, Blair Slater, Michael Alexander Jackson
Mario Yedidia, Adam Wylie, Clara Bryant

Best Family Entertainment

Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series (Network)

★ ...First Do No Harm - ABC

Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series (Cable)

★ The Right Connections - Showtime

Best Educational TV Show

★ Bear in the Big Blue House - Disney Channel

Best Family TV Comedy Series

★ Sabrina the Teenage Witch - ABC

Best Family TV Drama Series

★ (tie) Promised Land - CBS<br> ★ (tie) 7th Heaven - WB

Youth In Film's Special Awards

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures

★ The Education of Little Tree - Paramount

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television

★ Bryton McClure

Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial

★ Alan James Morgan - Target Corporation

Outstanding Young Performers Live Theatre

★ Blake McIver Ewing<br> ★ Danielle Wiener

Scholarship Recipients

★ Michael Seale, Jr.<br> ★ Josh Evans

Best Family Feature Films

★ Animation: Anastasia - 20th Century Fox<br> ★ Comedy: Air Bud - Disney

Best Family Foreign Film

★ Ponette (France) - Arrow Releasing

Best Young Performers in a Foreign Film

★ Victoire Thivisol - Ponette (France)<br> ★ Misha Philipchuk - The Thief (Russia)

Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award

☠Gigi Perreau

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