Dalene Young
Known For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jun 29, 1939 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Hawaii, U.S.
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
| 2021 | PigJezebel | |
| 2011 | GrimmCharlotte | |
| 2000 | Baby LuvElizabeth | |
| 1989 | Sonny BoyDoc Wallace | |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning?Hairdresser | |
| 1978 | Teen LustMother | |
| 1960 | Juke Box RacketBetty |
| 2000 | Going HomeCo-Producer | |
| 1999 | Silk HopeCo-Producer | |
| 1998 | Cab to CanadaCo-Producer | |
| 1997 | Journey of the HeartCo-Producer | |
| 1994 | The Yarn PrincessCo-Producer | |
| 1992 | A Message from HollyCo-Producer | |
| 1991 | Living a LieCo-Producer | |
| 1989 | I Love You PerfectCo-Producer | |
| 1988 | The People Across the LakeCo-Producer |
| 2000 | Baby LuvWriter | |
| 2000 | Going HomeTeleplay | |
| 2000 | Baby LuvTheatre Play | |
| 2000 | The Last DanceWriter | |
| 1999 | Silk HopeTeleplay | |
| 1999 | Locked in SilenceWriter | |
| 1998 | Evidence of BloodTeleplay | |
| 1998 | Cab to CanadaTeleplay | |
| 1997 | Journey of the HeartWriter | |
| 1995 | The Baby-Sitters ClubScreenplay | |
| 1994 | Is There Life Out There?Writer | |
| 1994 | The Yarn PrincessWriter | |
| 1992 | A Message from HollyTeleplay | |
| 1992 | Jonathan: The Boy Nobody WantedWriter | |
| 1991 | Living a LieTeleplay | |
| 1991 | Living a LieStory | |
| 1989 | I Love You PerfectWriter | |
| 1988 | The People Across the LakeStory | |
| 1988 | The People Across the LakeTeleplay | |
| 1984 | Why Me?Writer | |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning?Writer | |
| 1983 | Cross CreekScreenplay | |
| 1982 | Little DarlingsCharacters | |
| 1981 | Pale Horse Pale RiderWriter | |
| 1980 | Marilyn: The Untold StoryTeleplay | |
| 1980 | The Plutonium IncidentScreenplay | |
| 1980 | Little DarlingsScreenplay | |
| 1979 | Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze StoryTeleplay | |
| 1978 | Deadman's CurveScreenplay | |
| 1977 | Panic in Echo ParkWriter | |
| 1977 | Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.Writer | |
| 1977 | Alexander: The Other Side of DawnStory | |
| 1976 | Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayWriter |