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As of March 2022, the oldest living Academy Award winner was Walter Mirisch, who won an Oscar for producing "In the Heat of the Night" (1967). Eva Marie Saint won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in "On the Waterfront" (1954). The Oldest living Academy Award winners as of March 2022, by age (in years)
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The Independent. "Oldest living Academy Award winners as of March 2022, by age (in years)." Chart. March 8, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/410724/oscars-oldest-living-winners/
The Independent. (2022). Oldest living Academy Award winners as of March 2022, by age (in years). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/410724/oscars-oldest-living-winners/
The Independent. "Oldest Living Academy Award Winners as of March 2022, by Age (in Years)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/410724/oscars-oldest-living-winners/
The Independent, Oldest living Academy Award winners as of March 2022, by age (in years) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/410724/oscars-oldest-living-winners/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Oldest living Academy Award winners as of March 2022, by age (in years) [Graph], The Independent, March 8, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/410724/oscars-oldest-living-winners/