Dalene Young
85
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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).
Acting (5 movies)
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| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway | 1976 | Writer |
| Panic in Echo Park | 1977 | Writer |
| Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | 1977 | Writer |
| Deadman's Curve | 1978 | Screenplay |
| The Plutonium Incident | 1980 | Screenplay |
| Little Darlings | 1980 | Screenplay |
| Pale Horse Pale Rider | 1981 | Writer |
| Will There Really Be a Morning? | 1983 | Writer |
| Cross Creek | 1983 | Screenplay |
| Why Me? | 1984 | Writer |
| I Love You Perfect | 1989 | Writer |
| Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted | 1992 | Writer |
| The Yarn Princess | 1994 | Writer |
| Is There Life Out There? | 1994 | Writer |
| The Baby-Sitters Club | 1995 | Screenplay |
| Journey of the Heart | 1997 | Writer |
| Locked in Silence | 1999 | Writer |
| The Last Dance | 2000 | Writer |
| Baby Luv | 2000 | Writer |