Writing
Dalene Young
EN cinema · 34 credits
Born
29 June 1939
Died
9 May 2025 (aged 85)
Birthplace
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).
Known for
Filmography
Pig
as Jezebel
Baby Luv
2000
Baby Luv
as Elizabeth, Writer, Theatre Play
Going Home
Teleplay, Co-Producer
Silk Hope
Teleplay, Co-Producer
Evidence of Blood
Teleplay
Cab to Canada
Teleplay, Co-Producer
Journey of the Heart
Writer, Co-Producer
The Baby-Sitters Club
Screenplay
The Yarn Princess
Writer, Co-Producer
A Message from Holly
Teleplay, Co-Producer
Living a Lie
Teleplay, Story, Co-Producer
Sonny Boy
as Doc Wallace
I Love You Perfect
Co-Producer, Writer
The People Across the Lake
Co-Producer, Story, Teleplay
Why Me?
Writer
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Hairdresser, Writer
Cross Creek
Screenplay
The Plutonium Incident
Screenplay
Little Darlings
Screenplay
Teen Lust
as Mother
Deadman's Curve
Screenplay
Juke Box Racket
as Betty