Dalene Young

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Writing

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

• Pig (2021)
• Baby Luv (2000)
• The Last Dance (2000)
• Going Home (2000)
• Silk Hope (1999)
• Locked in Silence (1999)
• Cab to Canada (1998)
• Evidence of Blood (1998)
• Journey of the Heart (1997)
• The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
• Is There Life Out There? (1994)
• The Yarn Princess (1994)
• A Message from Holly (1992)
• Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992)
• Living a Lie (1991)
• I Love You Perfect (1989)
• Sonny Boy (1989)
• The People Across the Lake (1988)
• Why Me? (1984)
• Cross Creek (1983)
• Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
• Little Darlings (1982)
• Pale Horse Pale Rider (1981)
• Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980)
• Little Darlings (1980)
• The Plutonium Incident (1980)
• Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story (1979)
• Teen Lust (1978)
• Deadman's Curve (1978)
• Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977)
• Panic in Echo Park (1977)
• Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977)
• Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)
• Juke Box Racket (1960)