Jackie Cooper
American actor, director
Died when: 88 years 230 days (1063 months)Star Sign: Virgo
John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor, television director, producer, and executive, known universally as Jackie Cooper.He was a child actor who made the transition to an adult career.
Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Oscar nomination.Aged nine, he remains the youngest performer ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, an honor that he received for the film Skippy (1931).
For nearly 50 years, Cooper remained the youngest Oscar nominee in any category.
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