Writing
Dalene Young
Born June 29, 1939 · Hawaii, USA · Died May 9, 2025
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).
Known for
83
7.9
Grimm
Charlotte
776.9
Pig
Jezebel
526.5
Little Darlings
Screenplay
335.8
The Baby-Sitters Club
Screenplay
576.9
Cross Creek
Screenplay
5.7
Sonny Boy
Doc Wallace
5.4
The People Across the Lake
Story, Co-Producer, Teleplay
6.6
Evidence of Blood
Teleplay
6.9
Deadman's Curve
Screenplay
6.2 TMDB
The Yarn Princess
Writer, Co-Producer
6.4
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Story
6.7
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Writer
5.4 TMDB
Panic in Echo Park
Writer
5.2 TMDB
Journey of the Heart
Writer, Co-Producer
6.1 TMDB
Locked in Silence
Writer
4.0
Teen Lust
Mother
7.1
Why Me?
Writer
6.3 TMDB
Cab to Canada
Teleplay, Co-Producer
5.9
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Writer
7.7 TMDB
The Last Dance
Writer
Filmography
- 2021PigJezebelMovie
- 2011GrimmCharlotteSeries
- 2000Baby LuvElizabeth, Writer, Theatre PlayMovie
- 2000The Last DanceWriterMovie
- 2000Going HomeCo-Producer, TeleplayMovie
- 1999Silk HopeTeleplay, Co-ProducerMovie
- 1999Locked in SilenceWriterMovie
- 1998Cab to CanadaTeleplay, Co-ProducerMovie
- 1998Evidence of BloodTeleplayMovie
- 1997Journey of the HeartWriter, Co-ProducerMovie
- 1995The Baby-Sitters ClubScreenplayMovie
- 1994Is There Life Out There?WriterMovie
- 1994The Yarn PrincessWriter, Co-ProducerMovie
- 1992A Message from HollyTeleplay, Co-ProducerMovie
- 1992Jonathan: The Boy Nobody WantedWriterMovie
- 1991Living a LieTeleplay, Story, Co-ProducerMovie
- 1989I Love You PerfectWriter, Co-ProducerMovie
- 1989Sonny BoyDoc WallaceMovie
- 1988The People Across the LakeStory, Co-Producer, TeleplayMovie
- 1984Why Me?WriterMovie
- 1983Cross CreekScreenplayMovie
- 1983Will There Really Be a Morning?Hairdresser, WriterMovie
- 1982Little DarlingsCharactersMovie
- 1981Pale Horse Pale RiderWriterMovie
- 1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryTeleplayMovie
- 1980Little DarlingsScreenplayMovie
- 1980The Plutonium IncidentScreenplayMovie
- 1979Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze StoryTeleplayMovie
- 1978Teen LustMotherMovie
- 1978Deadman's CurveScreenplayMovie
- 1977Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.WriterMovie
- 1977Panic in Echo ParkWriterMovie
- 1977Alexander: The Other Side of DawnStoryMovie
- 1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayWriterMovie
- 1960Juke Box RacketBettyMovie