Dalene Young
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).
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Acting Credits
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Crew Credits
Acting
Crew
Movie
Little Darlings
Screenplay
1980
Movie
The Baby-Sitters Club
Screenplay
1995
Movie
Cross Creek
Screenplay
1983
Movie
The People Across the Lake
Story
1988
Movie
Evidence of Blood
Teleplay
1998
Movie
Deadman's Curve
Screenplay
1978
Movie
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Story
1977
Movie
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Writer
1976
Movie
Panic in Echo Park
Writer
1977
Movie
Journey of the Heart
Writer
1997
Movie
The Yarn Princess
Writer
1994
Movie
Why Me?
Writer
1984