Known For
Writing
Born
Jun 29, 1939
Died
May 09, 2025
Place of Birth
Hawaii, USA
Credits
35 titles
Dalene Young
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Pig
Jezebel
Grimm
Charlotte
Baby Luv
Elizabeth
The Last Dance
Writer
Going Home
Teleplay
Silk Hope
Teleplay
Locked in Silence
Writer
Cab to Canada
Teleplay
Evidence of Blood
Teleplay
Journey of the Heart
Writer
The Baby-Sitters Club
Screenplay
Is There Life Out There?
Writer
The Yarn Princess
Writer
A Message from Holly
Teleplay
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
Writer
Living a Lie
Teleplay
I Love You Perfect
Co-Producer
Sonny Boy
Doc Wallace
The People Across the Lake
Co-Producer
Why Me?
Writer
Cross Creek
Screenplay
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Hairdresser
Little Darlings
Characters
Pale Horse Pale Rider
Writer
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Teleplay
Little Darlings
Screenplay
The Plutonium Incident
Screenplay
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Teleplay
Teen Lust
Mother
Deadman's Curve
Screenplay
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Writer
Panic in Echo Park
Writer
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Story
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Writer
Juke Box Racket
Betty