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This award is officially called the Honorary Juvenile Award. It was first awarded for work in 1934 and continued sporadically until 1960. There is no list of nominees. The trophy itself was a miniature statuette, although this was criticised and Shirley Temple, at least, was given a full-sized statue some time later after receiving the Honorary Award in 1934. In 1956, actress Patty McCormack became the first child actress to be nominated in a competitive category (Best Supporting Actress for The Bad Seed) rather than to receive the Juvenile Award.

This Honorary Award has not been awarded since 1961, and children are now nominated for the same Academy Awards as adults.

• 1934 Shirley Temple - "in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment in the year 1934"
• 1935 not given
• 1936 not given
• 1937 not given
• 1938 Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney - "for their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement"
• 1939 Judy Garland - "for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during the past year"
• 1940 not given
• 1941 not given
• 1942 not given
• 1943 not given
• 1944 Margaret O'Brien - "outstanding child actress of 1944"
• 1945 Peggy Ann Garner - "outstanding child actress of 1945"
• 1946 Claude Jarman Jr. - "outstanding child actor of 1946"
• 1947 not given
• 1948 Ivan Jandl - "for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948 in The Search"
• 1949 Bobby Driscoll - "outstanding juvenile actor of 1949"
• 1950 not given
• 1951 not given
• 1952 not given
• 1953 not given
• 1954 Jon Whiteley - "for his outstanding juvenile performance in The Little Kidnappers" and Vincent Winter - "for his outstanding performance in The Little Kidnappers"
• 1961 Hayley Mills - "for Pollyanna, the most outstanding juvenile performance during 1960"