Dalene Young

Dalene Young

Writing Jun 29, 1939 May 9, 2025 (aged 86) 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).

7 Acting Credits
30 Crew Credits

Acting

Grimm TV

Grimm

as Charlotte

2011
Pig Movie

Pig

as Jezebel

2021
Sonny Boy Movie

Sonny Boy

as Doc Wallace

1989
Teen Lust Movie

Teen Lust

as Mother

1978
Will There Really Be a Morning? Movie

Will There Really Be a Morning?

as Hairdresser

1983
Juke Box Racket Movie

Juke Box Racket

as Betty

1960
Baby Luv Movie

Baby Luv

as Elizabeth

2000

Crew

Little Darlings Movie

Little Darlings

Screenplay

1980
The Baby-Sitters Club Movie

The Baby-Sitters Club

Screenplay

1995
Cross Creek Movie

Cross Creek

Screenplay

1983
The People Across the Lake Movie

The People Across the Lake

Story

1988
Evidence of Blood Movie

Evidence of Blood

Teleplay

1998
Deadman's Curve Movie

Deadman's Curve

Screenplay

1978
The Yarn Princess Movie

The Yarn Princess

Writer

1994
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn Movie

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

Story

1977
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway Movie

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Writer

1976
Panic in Echo Park Movie

Panic in Echo Park

Writer

1977
Journey of the Heart Movie

Journey of the Heart

Writer

1997
Locked in Silence Movie

Locked in Silence

Writer

1999