Dalene Young
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Dalene Young

Jun 29, 1939 - Hawaii, U.S.

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).

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Media
Movie1983Will There Really Be a Morning?Hairdresser
Movie1960Juke Box RacketBetty
Movie1989Sonny BoyDoc Wallace
Movie2000Baby LuvElizabeth
Movie1978Teen LustMother
Movie2021PigJezebel
TV Show2011GrimmCharlotte1

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Media
Movie1984Why Me?WriterWriting
Movie1999Silk HopeTeleplayWriting
Movie1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryTeleplayWriting
Movie1999Silk HopeCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2000Baby LuvWriterWriting
Movie1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayWriterWriting
Movie1977Panic in Echo ParkWriterWriting
Movie1980The Plutonium IncidentScreenplayWriting
Movie1997Journey of the HeartWriterWriting
Movie1983Will There Really Be a Morning?WriterWriting
Movie1978Deadman's CurveScreenplayWriting
Movie1998Evidence of BloodTeleplayWriting
Movie1995The Baby-Sitters ClubScreenplayWriting
Movie1999Locked in SilenceWriterWriting
Movie1989I Love You PerfectWriterWriting
Movie1989I Love You PerfectCo-ProducerProduction
Movie1977Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.WriterWriting
Movie1994Is There Life Out There?WriterWriting
Movie1988The People Across the LakeStoryWriting
Movie1988The People Across the LakeCo-ProducerProduction
Movie1991Living a LieTeleplayWriting
Movie1991Living a LieStoryWriting
Movie1991Living a LieCo-ProducerProduction
Movie1979Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze StoryTeleplayWriting
Movie1988The People Across the LakeTeleplayWriting
Movie1998Cab to CanadaTeleplayWriting
Movie2000Going HomeCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2000Going HomeTeleplayWriting
Movie1983Cross CreekScreenplayWriting
Movie1992A Message from HollyTeleplayWriting
Movie1992A Message from HollyCo-ProducerProduction
Movie1997Journey of the HeartCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2000Baby LuvTheatre PlayWriting
Movie1980Little DarlingsScreenplayWriting
Movie1992Jonathan: The Boy Nobody WantedWriterWriting
Movie1994The Yarn PrincessWriterWriting
Movie1994The Yarn PrincessCo-ProducerProduction
Movie1977Alexander: The Other Side of DawnStoryWriting
Movie1998Cab to CanadaCo-ProducerProduction
Movie2000The Last DanceWriterWriting
Movie1982Little DarlingsCharactersWriting
Movie1981Pale Horse Pale RiderWriterWriting