48th Academy Awards
At age 80 , George Burns became the oldest acting and Best Supporting Actor awardee ( as well as the final person born in the nineteenth century to receive an acting award ) , a record that stood until Jessica Tandy won Best Actress in 1989 . Burns was later succeeded by Christopher Plummer , who won Best Supporting Actor in 2012 for "Beginners" at the age of 82 , as the oldest male acting winner . 
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