Dalene Young
- Writing
- June 29, 1939 · Hawaii, USA
- May 9, 2025
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, Writer
- The Last Dance · Writer
- Going Home · Co-producer, Teleplay
- Silk Hope · Teleplay, Co-producer
- Locked in Silence · Writer
- Cab to Canada · Teleplay, Co-producer
- Evidence of Blood · Teleplay
- Journey of the Heart · Writer, Co-producer
- The Baby-Sitters Club · Screenplay
- Is There Life Out There? · Writer
- The Yarn Princess · Writer, Co-producer
- A Message from Holly · Teleplay, Co-producer
- Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted · Writer
- Living a Lie · Teleplay, Story
- I Love You Perfect · Writer, Co-producer
- Sonny Boy · Doc Wallace
- The People Across the Lake · Story, Co-producer
- Why Me? · Writer
- Cross Creek · Screenplay
- Will There Really Be a Morning? · Hairdresser, Writer
- 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