The 19th Annual Academy Awards recognized Claude Jarman Jr. with the Juvenile Award honoring him as "outstanding child actor of 1946". Twelve years old in 1946, Jarman was honored with the Juvenile Oscar for his screen debut as Jody in the MGM family drama, "The Yearling", which was presented to him by former recipient Shirley Temple. Although the Academy did not officially begin to present the Juvenile Award for a child's work in a specific film until two years later, "The Yearling" was Jarman's first and only film released in 1946.