Dalene Young
Writing
Born 1939-06-29
Died 2025-05-09
Hawaii, USA
35 credits
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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).
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Filmography
Writing
29 credits
Little Darlings
Cross Creek
The Baby-Sitters Club
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Cab to Canada
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Marilyn: The Untold Story
The People Across the Lake
The Plutonium Incident
Deadman's Curve
Evidence of Blood
Locked in Silence
The Yarn Princess
Panic in Echo Park
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Journey of the Heart
The Last Dance
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Going Home
Silk Hope
Why Me?
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
Is There Life Out There?
Living a Lie
A Message from Holly
Pale Horse Pale Rider
Baby Luv
I Love You Perfect
Producing
9 credits
Cab to Canada
The People Across the Lake
The Yarn Princess
Journey of the Heart
Going Home
Silk Hope
Living a Lie
A Message from Holly
I Love You Perfect
Acting
8 credits
Grimm
Pig
Teen Lust
Sonny Boy
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Juke Box Racket
Little Darlings
Baby Luv
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