Dalene Young
Writer · Actor · ProducerDalene 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).
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR6
WRITER30
- Baby Luv
Baby Luv
2000
Writer, Theatre Play
Going Home
2000
Teleplay
The Last Dance
2000
Writer
Silk Hope
1999
Teleplay
Locked in Silence
1999
Writer
Evidence of Blood
1998
Teleplay
Cab to Canada
1998
Teleplay
Journey of the Heart
1997
Writer
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
Screenplay
Is There Life Out There?
1994
Writer
The Yarn Princess
1994
Writer
A Message from Holly
1992
Teleplay
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
1992
Writer
Living a Lie
1991
Teleplay, Story
I Love You Perfect
1989
Writer
The People Across the Lake
1988
Story, Teleplay
Why Me?
1984
Writer
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
Writer
Cross Creek
1983
Screenplay
- Little Darlings
Little Darlings
1982
Characters
- Pale Horse Pale Rider
Pale Horse Pale Rider
1981
Writer
Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
Teleplay
The Plutonium Incident
1980
Screenplay
Little Darlings
1980
Screenplay
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
1979
Teleplay
Deadman's Curve
1978
Screenplay
Panic in Echo Park
1977
Writer
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
Writer
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
Story
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
Writer
