- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- June 29, 1939
- Place of Birth
- Hawaii, USA
- Died
- May 9, 2025
Dalene Young
Dalene Young (June 29, 1939 — May 9, 2025) was an American screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor. She was best known for writing the coming-of-age comedy-drama Little Darlings (1980), featuring Tatum O’Neal and Kristy McNichol, and the Mary Steenburgen-starring drama Cross Creek (1983). Young received a Daytime Emmy nomination for co-writing the Showtime children’s special Locked in Silence (1999) and landed a Christopher Award and a Humanitas Prize nomination for her work on the NBC telefilm Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992).
Filmography
moviePig
2021 · Jezebel
tvGrimm
2011 · Charlotte
Baby Luv
movieBaby Luv
2000 · Elizabeth, Writer, Theatre Play
movieThe Last Dance
2000 · Writer
movieGoing Home
2000 · Co-Producer, Teleplay
movieSilk Hope
1999 · Teleplay, Co-Producer
movieLocked in Silence
1999 · Writer
movieCab to Canada
1998 · Teleplay, Co-Producer
movieEvidence of Blood
1998 · Teleplay
movieJourney of the Heart
1997 · Writer, Co-Producer
movieThe Baby-Sitters Club
1995 · Screenplay
movieIs There Life Out There?
1994 · Writer
movieThe Yarn Princess
1994 · Writer, Co-Producer
movieA Message from Holly
1992 · Teleplay, Co-Producer
movieJonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
1992 · Writer
movieLiving a Lie
1991 · Teleplay, Story, Co-Producer
movieI Love You Perfect
1989 · Writer, Co-Producer
movieSonny Boy
1989 · Doc Wallace
movieThe People Across the Lake
1988 · Story, Co-Producer, Teleplay
movieWhy Me?
1984 · Writer
movieCross Creek
1983 · Screenplay
movieWill There Really Be a Morning?
1983 · Hairdresser, Writer
Little Darlings
movieLittle Darlings
1982 · Characters
Pale Horse Pale Rider
moviePale Horse Pale Rider
1981 · Writer
movieMarilyn: The Untold Story
1980 · Teleplay
movieLittle Darlings
1980 · Screenplay
movieThe Plutonium Incident
1980 · Screenplay
movieCan You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
1979 · Teleplay
movieTeen Lust
1978 · Mother
movieDeadman's Curve
1978 · Screenplay
movieChristmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977 · Writer
moviePanic in Echo Park
1977 · Writer
movieAlexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977 · Story
movieDawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976 · Writer
movieJuke Box Racket
1960 · Betty