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Dalene Young

Writing · 1939–2025 · Hawaii, USA

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

Filmography

2021PigJezebel
2011GrimmCharlotte
2000Baby LuvElizabeth
2000The Last DanceWriter
2000Going HomeCo-Producer
1999Silk HopeTeleplay
1999Locked in SilenceWriter
1998Cab to CanadaTeleplay
1998Evidence of BloodTeleplay
1997Journey of the HeartWriter
1995The Baby-Sitters ClubScreenplay
1994Is There Life Out There?Writer
1994The Yarn PrincessWriter
1992A Message from HollyTeleplay
1992Jonathan: The Boy Nobody WantedWriter
1991Living a LieTeleplay
1989I Love You PerfectWriter
1989Sonny BoyDoc Wallace
1988The People Across the LakeStory
1984Why Me?Writer
1983Cross CreekScreenplay
1983Will There Really Be a Morning?Hairdresser
1982Little DarlingsCharacters
1981Pale Horse Pale RiderWriter
1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryTeleplay
1980Little DarlingsScreenplay
1980The Plutonium IncidentScreenplay
1979Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze StoryTeleplay
1978Teen LustMother
1978Deadman's CurveScreenplay
1977Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.Writer
1977Panic in Echo ParkWriter
1977Alexander: The Other Side of DawnStory
1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayWriter
1960Juke Box RacketBetty

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