en.unionpedia.org

2nd Youth in Film Awards, the Glossary

The 2nd Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers in the fields of film, television and music for the 1979-1980 season, and took place on October 18, 1980, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, California, United States.^[1]

100 relations: ABC Afterschool Special, ABC Weekend Special, Actor, Adam Rich, Airplane!, Alice (American TV series), Alison Arngrim, All My Children, Andrea Evans, Archie Bunker's Place, Barry Miller (actor), Benson (TV series), Brooke Shields, Can't Stop the Music (album), Carol Johnston, Christopher Atkins, Christopher Cross, Chuck E.'s in Love, Dana Kimmell, Dana Plato, Danielle Brisebois, Days of Our Lives, Debby Boone, Diane Lane, Diff'rent Strokes, Eight Is Enough, Fame (1980 film), Fame (soundtrack), Family (1976 TV series), Foxes (film), Foxes (soundtrack), Gary Coleman, General Hospital, Genie Francis, Happy Days, Harold Pruett, Here's Boomer, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Ira Angustain, Irene Cara, Jill Whelan, Jodie Foster, Justin Henry, Kids Are People Too, Kim Fields, Kramer vs. Kramer, Kristy McNichol, Leif Garrett, Leif Garrett (album), Little Darlings, ... Expand index (50 more) »
1980 film awards
1980 in American cinema
1980 in American television
1980 in California
1980 television awards
Young Artist Awards ceremonies

ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special is an American anthology television series that aired on ABC from October 4, 1972, to January 23, 1997, usually in the late afternoon on weekdays.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Weekend Special

ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute American television anthology series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997, which featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and ABC Weekend Special

Actor

An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a production.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Actor

Adam Rich

Adam Rich (October 12, 1968 – January 7, 2023) was an American actor.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Adam Rich

Airplane!

Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced by Jon Davison.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Airplane!

Alice (American TV series)

Alice is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Alice (American TV series)

Alison Arngrim

Alison Margaret Arngrim (born January 18, 1962) is an American actress and author.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Alison Arngrim

All My Children

All My Children (often shortened to AMC) is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and All My Children

Andrea Evans

Andrea Lynn Evans (June 18, 1957 – July 9, 2023) was an American actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Andrea Evans

Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker's Place is an American television sitcom produced as a continuation of All in the Family.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Archie Bunker's Place

Barry Miller (actor)

Barry Miller (born February 6, 1958) is an American actor.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Barry Miller (actor)

Benson (TV series)

Benson is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Benson (TV series)

Brooke Shields

Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Brooke Shields

Can't Stop the Music (album)

Can't Stop the Music is the sixth studio album and first soundtrack by Village People, for their movie Can't Stop the Music, released in 1980.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Can't Stop the Music (album)

Carol Johnston

Carol Johnston (March 10, 1958 - May 11, 2019) was a Canadian competitive gymnast, born without a right arm below her elbow.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Carol Johnston

Christopher Atkins

Christopher Atkins Bomann (born February 21, 1961) is an American actor and businessman.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Christopher Atkins

Christopher Cross

Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from San Antonio, Texas.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Christopher Cross

Chuck E.'s in Love

"Chuck E.'s in Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Chuck E.'s in Love

Dana Kimmell

Dana Kimmell is an American actress and model.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Dana Kimmell

Dana Plato

Dana Michelle Plato (née Strain; November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Dana Plato

Danielle Brisebois

Danielle Brisebois (born) is an American producer, singer-songwriter and former child actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Danielle Brisebois

Days of Our Lives

Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; simply referred to as Days or DOOL) is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from 1965 to 2022 and currently streams new episodes on Peacock.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Days of Our Lives

Debby Boone

Deborah Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) is an American singer, author, and actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Debby Boone

Diane Lane

Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Diane Lane

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom, which aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Diff'rent Strokes

Eight Is Enough

Eight Is Enough is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from March 15, 1977, to May 23, 1981.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Eight Is Enough

Fame (1980 film)

Fame is a 1980 American teen musical drama film directed by Alan Parker and written by Christopher Gore.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Fame (1980 film)

Fame (soundtrack)

Fame: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released in 1980 by RSO Records.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Fame (soundtrack)

Family (1976 TV series)

Family is an American television drama series that aired on ABC from March 9, 1976 to June 25, 1980.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Family (1976 TV series)

Foxes (film)

Foxes is a 1980 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Adrian Lyne, in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Gerald Ayres.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Foxes (film)

Foxes (soundtrack)

Foxes is the soundtrack to the 1980 film of the same name, starring Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid as well as The Runaways' lead singer Cherie Currie.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Foxes (soundtrack)

Gary Coleman

Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) was an American actor, known as a high profile child star of the late 1970s and 1980s.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Gary Coleman

General Hospital

General Hospital (often abbreviated as GH) is an American daytime television soap opera.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and General Hospital

Genie Francis

Genie Francis is an American actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Genie Francis

Happy Days

Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Happy Days

Harold Pruett

Harold P. Pruett (April 13, 1969 – February 21, 2002) was an American film and television actor.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Harold Pruett

Here's Boomer

Here's Boomer is an American adventure/drama television series produced by Paramount Television that premiered on the NBC network on March 14, 1980.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Here's Boomer

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was a nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers who reported on the American entertainment industry for predominantly foreign media markets.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Ira Angustain

Ira Angustain (born August 6, 1958, in Glendale, California) is an American actor best known for his roles as Ricardo "Go Go" Gomez on The White Shadow and as Freddie Prinze in the made-for-TV movie Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Ira Angustain

Irene Cara

Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Irene Cara

Jill Whelan

Jill Whelan (born September 29, 1966) is an American actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Jill Whelan

Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Jodie Foster

Justin Henry

Justin Henry (born May 25, 1971) is an American actor and businessman, known for playing Billy Kramer in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer, a debut role that earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, when he was eight years old.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Justin Henry

Kids Are People Too

Kids Are People Too is an American television series that ran on Sunday mornings from 1978 to 1982 on ABC.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Kids Are People Too

Kim Fields

Kim Fields-Morgan (Fields, formerly Freeman) is an American actress and director.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Kim Fields

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer vs.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Kramer vs. Kramer

Kristy McNichol

Christina Ann McNichol (born September 11, 1962) is an American former actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Kristy McNichol

Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett (born Leif Per Nervik; November 8, 1961) is an American actor, singer, and television personality.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett (album)

Leif Garrett is the debut studio album by American singer-actor Leif Garrett, released in 1977 by Atlantic.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Leif Garrett (album)

Little Darlings

Little Darlings is a 1980 American teen comedy-drama film starring Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol and featuring Armand Assante and Matt Dillon.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Little Darlings

Little House on the Prairie (TV series)

Little House on the Prairie (Little House: A New Beginning in its ninth and final season) is an American Western historical drama television series about the Ingalls family, who live on a farm on Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s–90s.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Little House on the Prairie (TV series)

Little Miss Marker (1980 film)

Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein and based on a short story by Damon Runyon.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Little Miss Marker (1980 film)

Matt Dillon

Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Matt Dillon

Maureen Dragone

Maureen Dragone (January 20, 1920 – February 8, 2013) was an American journalist and author.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Maureen Dragone

Me and Maxx

Me and Maxx is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from March 22 to July 25, 1980.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Me and Maxx

Melissa Michaelsen

Melissa Michaelsen (born March 26, 1968) is an American actress best known for her roles in the 1979 television film Orphan Train and as the title character in the sitcom Me and Maxx.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Melissa Michaelsen

Michael Sharrett

Stuart Michael Sharrett (born July 18, 1965) is an American actor.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Michael Sharrett

Missy Gold

Missy Gold (born Melissa Fisher; July 14, 1970) is an American psychologist and former child actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Missy Gold

My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard is a 1980 American family comedy drama film directed by Tony Bill (his directorial debut), and written by Alan Ormsby.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and My Bodyguard

My Old Man (film)

My Old Man is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film starring Kristy McNichol, Warren Oates and Eileen Brennan, directed by John Erman.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and My Old Man (film)

Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Neil Sedaka

One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)

One Day at a Time is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from December 16, 1975, to May 28, 1984.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)

One Life to Live

One Life to Live (often abbreviated as OLTL) is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19, 2013.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and One Life to Live

Paul McCrane

Paul McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is an American film, television and theatre actor, as well as a television director and singer.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Paul McCrane

Philip McKeon

Philip Anthony McKeon (November 11, 1964 – December 10, 2019) was an American child actor and radio personality, best known for his role as Tommy Hyatt, the son of the title character on the television sitcom Alice from 1976 to 1985.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Philip McKeon

Quinn Cummings

Quinn L. Cummings (born August 13, 1967) is an American entrepreneur, author, humorist, inventor and former actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Quinn Cummings

Rex Smith

Rex Smith (born September 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Rex Smith

Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Rickie Lee Jones

Ricky Schroder

Richard Bartlett Schroder (born April 13, 1970) is an American actor and filmmaker.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Ricky Schroder

Ride Like the Wind

"Ride Like the Wind" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Ride Like the Wind

Robbie Rist

Robbie Rist (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Robbie Rist

Ross Harris (actor)

Richard R. Harris (born March 13, 1969), better known by his nickname, Ross Harris, is an American actor, artist, and musician.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Ross Harris (actor)

Scott Baio

Scott Vincent Baio (born September 22, 1960) is an American actor.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Scott Baio

Search for Tomorrow

Search for Tomorrow is an American television soap opera.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Search for Tomorrow

Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Paul Cassidy (born September 27, 1958) is an American singer, actor, writer, and producer.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Shaun Cassidy

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is an American international hotel chain owned by Marriott International.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts

Solid Gold (TV series)

Solid Gold was an American syndicated music television series that debuted on September 13, 1980, and ran until July 23, 1988.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Solid Gold (TV series)

Special Treat

Special Treat (also known as NBC Special Treat) is an American anthology series of television specials on NBC that were geared toward teenagers, similar to ABC Afterschool Special.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Special Treat

Texas (TV series)

Texas is an American daytime soap opera that aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982, sponsored and produced by Procter and Gamble Productions at NBC Studios in Brooklyn, New York City.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Texas (TV series)

The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)

The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American dramatic coming-of-age romantic survival film directed by Randal Kleiser from a screenplay written by Douglas Day Stewart based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)

The Facts of Life (TV series)

The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon and a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and The Facts of Life (TV series)

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark is a 1980 American family adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions starring Elliott Gould, Geneviève Bujold and Ricky Schroder.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

The Long Days of Summer

The Long Days of Summer is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film and a sequel to When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978).

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and The Long Days of Summer

The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show is a variety sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and starring the Muppets.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and The Muppet Show

The Tim Conway Show (1980 TV series)

The Tim Conway Show – the second of two television series of the name – is a 1980–1981 American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Tim Conway.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and The Tim Conway Show (1980 TV series)

The White Shadow (TV series)

The White Shadow is an American drama television series starring Ken Howard that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981, about a white former professional basketball player who takes a job coaching basketball at an impoverished urban high school with a racially mixed basketball team.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and The White Shadow (TV series)

Tonya Crowe

Tonya Crowe (born January 24, 1971) is an American actress, best-known for her role as Olivia Cunningham in the CBS prime time soap opera, Knots Landing.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Tonya Crowe

Touched by Love

Touched by Love (originally titled To Elvis, With Love) is a 1980 American film directed by Gus Trikonis, starring Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Touched by Love

Tracey E. Bregman

Tracey Elizabeth Bregman (born May 29, 1963) is an American actress.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Tracey E. Bregman

Universal City, California

Universal City or Universal Studios Complex is an unincorporated area within the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Universal City, California

Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress and television personality.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Valerie Bertinelli

Wasp (album)

Wasp is the fifth and final studio album by teen idol Shaun Cassidy, released in 1980.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Wasp (album)

Xanadu (film)

Xanadu is a 1980 American musical fantasy film written by Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel and directed by Robert Greenwald.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Xanadu (film)

Xanadu (soundtrack)

Xanadu is the soundtrack to the 1980 musical film of the same name, featuring the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and the British group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Xanadu (soundtrack)

You Take My Breath Away (Rex Smith song)

"You Take My Breath Away" is a ballad performed by American singer-actor Rex Smith, released as the lead single from his third studio album Sooner or Later (1979).

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and You Take My Breath Away (Rex Smith song)

Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically disabled or financially unstable.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film

The Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film is one of the Young Artist Awards presented annually by the Young Artist Association to recognize a young actor under the age of 21, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film

Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film

The Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film is one of the Young Artist Awards presented annually by the Young Artist Association to recognize a young actress under the age of 21, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film

1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and 1979 in film

1980 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

See 2nd Youth in Film Awards and 1980 in film

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Youth_in_Film_Awards

Also known as 2nd Young Artist Awards, Young Artist Awards 1980.

, Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Little Miss Marker (1980 film), Matt Dillon, Maureen Dragone, Me and Maxx, Melissa Michaelsen, Michael Sharrett, Missy Gold, My Bodyguard, My Old Man (film), Neil Sedaka, One Day at a Time (1975 TV series), One Life to Live, Paul McCrane, Philip McKeon, Quinn Cummings, Rex Smith, Rickie Lee Jones, Ricky Schroder, Ride Like the Wind, Robbie Rist, Ross Harris (actor), Scott Baio, Search for Tomorrow, Shaun Cassidy, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Solid Gold (TV series), Special Treat, Texas (TV series), The Blue Lagoon (1980 film), The Facts of Life (TV series), The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, The Long Days of Summer, The Muppet Show, The Tim Conway Show (1980 TV series), The White Shadow (TV series), Tonya Crowe, Touched by Love, Tracey E. Bregman, Universal City, California, Valerie Bertinelli, Wasp (album), Xanadu (film), Xanadu (soundtrack), You Take My Breath Away (Rex Smith song), Young Artist Award, Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film, Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film, 1979 in film, 1980 in film.

2nd Youth in Film Awards, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

1980 film awards

1980 in American cinema

1980 in American television

1980 in California

1980 television awards

Young Artist Awards ceremonies

References