8th Youth in Film Awards

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film: Comedy, Fantasy, or Drama

• David Bennent – Legend (Universal)
• Brandon Call – Jagged Edge (Columbia)
• E'Lon Cox – Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (Columbia)
• Bumper Robinson – Enemy Mine (20th Century Fox)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film: Comedy, Fantasy, or Drama

• Jenny Beck – Troll (Empire Films)
• Carrie Henn – Aliens (20th Century Fox)
• Cynthia Nixon – The Manhattan Project (20th Century Fox)
• Natalie Roth – The Delta Force (Cannon Film Distributors)

Best Young Performer in a TV Special or Movie of the Week

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Starring in a TV Special or Movie of the Week

• Brandon Douglas – The Children of Times Square (ABC)
• David Faustino – Mr. Boogedy (Disney)
• Huckleberry Fox – PBS WonderWorks – Konrad (Wonderworks/PBS)
• David Greenlee – CBS Schoolbreak Special – God, The Universe, and Hot Fudge Sundaes (CBS)
• Chris Hebert – Fuzz Bucket (Disney)
• Chad Sheets – PBS WonderWorks – The Lone Star Kid (Wonderworks/PBS)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a TV Special or Movie of the Week

• Tina Caspary – News at Eleven (CBS)
• Christa Denton – News at Eleven (CBS)
• Natalie Gregory – Alice in Wonderland (CBS)
• Virginia Keehne – Casebusters (ABC)
• Jenny Lewis – Convicted (ABC)
• Shawnee Smith – Crime of Innocence (NBC)
• Kristy Swanson – Mr. Boogedy (Disney)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a Supporting Role: TV Series, TV Special or Movie of the Week

• Joey Lawrence – ABC Afterschool Special – Don't Touch (ABC)
• Gregory "Mars" Martin – The Children of Times Square (ABC)
• Danny Nucci – The Children of Times Square (ABC)
• Carl Steven – Crossings (ABC)
• Scott Schwartz – A Time to Live (NBC)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a Supporting Role: TV Series, TV Special or Movie of the Week

• Heather Haase – PBS WonderWorks – Maricela (Wonderworks/PBS)
• Gennie James – |Alex: The Life of a Child (ABC)
• Marissa Mendenhall – Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color – 2 Dads (Disney)
• Lisa Marie Simmon – PBS WonderWorks – Maricela (Wonderworks/PBS)

Best Young Performer in a TV Series: Comedy or Drama

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor In a Long Running Series: Comedy or Drama

• Peter Costa – The Cosby Show (NBC)
• Joshua Harris – Dallas (CBS)
• Jason Hervey – Diff'rent Strokes (ABC)
• Omri Katz – Dallas (CBS)
• Steve Shaw – Knots Landing (CBS)
• Jeremy Miller – Growing Pains (ABC)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a Long Running Series: Comedy or Drama

• Tonya Crowe – Knots Landing (CBS)
• Ami Foster – Punky Brewster (NBC)
• Lauri Hendler – Gimme a Break! (NBC)
• Cherie Johnson – Punky Brewster (NBC)
• Regina King – 227 (NBC)
• Lara Jill Miller – Gimme a Break! (NBC)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Starring in a Television Comedy or Drama Series

• Brice Beckham – Mr. Belvedere (ABC)
• Danny Cooksey – Diff'rent Strokes (ABC)
• Frederick Koehler – Kate & Allie (CBS)
• Joey Lawrence – Gimme a Break! (NBC)
• Emmanuel Lewis – Webster (ABC)
• Alfonso Ribeiro – Silver Spoons (NBC)
• Jerry Supiran – Small Wonder (Metromedia KTTV)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Television Comedy or Drama Series

• Tempestt Bledsoe – The Cosby Show (NBC)
• Tiffany Brissette – Small Wonder (Metromedia KTTV)
• Keshia Knight Pulliam – The Cosby Show (NBC)
• Ari Meyers – Kate & Allie (CBS)
• Allison Smith – Kate & Allie (CBS)
• Tracy Wells – Mr. Belvedere (ABC)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a New Television Comedy or Drama Series

• Chad Allen – Our House (NBC)
• Gabriel Damon – One Big Family (Witt/Thomas Productions)
• Andre Gower – "Fathers and Sons" (NBC)
• Benji Gregory – ALF (NBC)
• Scott Grimes – Together We Stand (CBS)
• Jeremy Licht – Valerie (NBC)
• Danny Ponce – Valerie (NBC)
• Ernie Reyes, Jr. – Sidekicks (Disney)
• Jonathan Ward – Heart of the City (CBS)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a New Television Comedy or Drama Series

• Natasha Bobo – Together We Stand (CBS)
• Shannen Doherty – Our House (NBC)
• Andrea Elson – ALF (NBC)
• Khrystyne Haje – Head of the Class (ABC)
• Keri Houlihan – Our House (NBC)
• Alison McMillan – One Big Family (Witt/Thomas Productions)
• Megan Mullally – The Ellen Burstyn Show (ABC)
• Katie O'Neill – Together We Stand (CBS)
• Tannis Vallely – Head of the Class (ABC)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series: Comedy or Drama

• Phillip Boutte – Family Ties (NBC)
• Adam Carl – Family Ties (NBC)
• Danny Capri – Hardesty House (ABC)
• Curtis Baldwin – 227 (NBC)
• Roland Harrah III – Airwolf (CBS)
• Bobby Jacoby – Diff'rent Strokes (ABC)
• Chris Hebert – The Twilight Zone (CBS)
• Scooter Stevens – Tales from the Dark Side (KTLA)
• Jacob Vargas – Hunter (NBC)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Guest Starring in a Television Series: Comedy or Drama

• Tonya Crowe – Who's the Boss? (ABC)
• Nicole Eggert – Who's the Boss? (ABC)
• Tanya Fenmore – Tales from the Dark Side (KTLA)
• Laura Jacoby – Punky Brewster (NBC)
• Angela Lee – Who's the Boss? (ABC)
• April Lerman – Growing Pains (ABC)
• Amy Lynne – New Love, American Style (ABC)
• Julie St. Claire – The Judge (KCLA)
• Stefanie Ridel – Punky Brewster (NBC)

Best Young Performer in a Daytime Series

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a Daytime Series

• Thom Bierdz – The Young and the Restless (CBS)
• Danny Gellis – Capitol (CBS)
• Jamie McEnnan – The Young and the Restless (CBS)
• David Mendenhall – General Hospital (ABC)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a Daytime Series

• Lauralee Bell – The Young and the Restless (CBS)
• Melissa Brennan – Days of Our Lives (NBC)
• Christie Clark – Days of Our Lives (NBC)
• Kelly Hyman – The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Best Young Performer in a Cable Series or Special

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor/Actress in a Cable Series or Cable Special

• Sheryl Giffis – A Time to Tell (Disney)
• Randy Josselyn – Down to Earth (WTBS)
• Georg Olden – Rocky Road (WTBS)

Best Young Performer in Animation

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in Animation: TV Series, TV Special, or Film Feature

Exceptional Feature Film – Family Entertainment: Fantasy or Comedy

• Enemy Mine (20th Century Fox)
• Legend (Universal)
• Rad (Tri-star)
• The Boy Who Could Fly (M-G-M)
• Young Sherlock Holmes (Paramount)

Exceptional Feature Film – Family Entertainment: Drama

• Flight of the Navigator (Disney)
• Lucas (20th Century Fox)
• One Magic Christmas (Disney)
• Papa Was a Preacher (LaRose Productions)
• Space Camp (20th Century Fox)

Youth In Film's Special Awards

Most Inspiring Family Commercial

Most Promising Young Recording Artist Male and Female

Performing Arts Scholarship

Exceptional Foreign Film – Family Entertainment

Ensemble Award

Ensemble Cast in a Television Series

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television

Ensemble Cast in a Television Special

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Picture

Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film

References

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