Dalene Young
Writing · Born 1939-06-29 · age 85 at death · Hawaii, USA
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).
Titles
Grimm
Pig
Little Darlings
The Baby-Sitters Club
Cross Creek
Sonny Boy
The People Across the Lake
Evidence of Blood
Deadman's Curve
The Yarn Princess
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Panic in Echo Park
Journey of the Heart
Locked in Silence
Why Me?
Teen Lust
Cab to Canada
The Last Dance
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Going Home
A Message from Holly
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Is There Life Out There?
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Baby Luv
Silk Hope
Juke Box Racket
The Plutonium Incident
I Love You Perfect
Living a Lie
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted