Dalene Young
Born: 1939-06-29 in Hawaii, U.S.
Died: 2025-05-09
Known For: Writing
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).
Filmography
2021
- Pig as Jezebel
2011
- Grimm as Charlotte
2000
- Going Home ... (Teleplay)
- The Last Dance ... (Writer)
- Baby Luv as Elizabeth
1999
- Silk Hope ... (Teleplay)
- Locked in Silence ... (Writer)
1998
- Evidence of Blood ... (Teleplay)
- Cab to Canada ... (Teleplay)
1997
- Journey of the Heart ... (Writer)
1995
- The Baby-Sitters Club ... (Screenplay)
1994
- The Yarn Princess ... (Writer)
- Is There Life Out There? ... (Writer)
1992
- A Message from Holly ... (Teleplay)
- Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted ... (Writer)
1991
- Living a Lie ... (Teleplay)
1989
- Sonny Boy as Doc Wallace
- I Love You Perfect ... (Co-Producer)
1988
- The People Across the Lake ... (Co-Producer)
1984
- Why Me? ... (Writer)
1983
- Cross Creek ... (Screenplay)
- Will There Really Be a Morning? as Hairdresser
1982
- Little Darlings ... (Characters)
1981
- Pale Horse Pale Rider ... (Writer)
1980
- The Plutonium Incident ... (Screenplay)
- Little Darlings ... (Screenplay)
- Marilyn: The Untold Story ... (Teleplay)
1979
- Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story ... (Teleplay)
1978
- Teen Lust as Mother
- Deadman's Curve ... (Screenplay)
1977
- Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. ... (Writer)
- Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn ... (Story)
- Panic in Echo Park ... (Writer)
1976
- Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway ... (Writer)
1960
- Juke Box Racket as Betty