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Dalene Young

Writing · Born June 29, 1939 · 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).

Dalene Young movies and shows

  • Grimm2011
  • Pig2021
  • Little Darlings1980
  • The Baby-Sitters Club1995
  • Will There Really Be a Morning?1983
  • Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn1977
  • Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.1977
  • The People Across the Lake1988
  • Marilyn: The Untold Story1980
  • Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway1976
  • Locked in Silence1999
  • Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted1992
  • Deadman's Curve1978
  • Sonny Boy1989
  • Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story1979
  • Panic in Echo Park1977
  • Cross Creek1983
  • The Last Dance2000
  • Teen Lust1978
  • Cab to Canada1998
  • Going Home2000
  • The Plutonium Incident1980
  • Journey of the Heart1997
  • A Message from Holly1992