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).
Why Me?
(Writer)
Silk Hope
(Teleplay)
Marilyn: The Untold Story
(Teleplay)
Silk Hope
(Co-Producer)
Baby Luv
(Writer)
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
(Writer)
Panic in Echo Park
(Writer)
The Plutonium Incident
(Screenplay)
Journey of the Heart
(Writer)
Will There Really Be a Morning?
(Writer)
Deadman's Curve
(Screenplay)
Evidence of Blood
(Teleplay)
The Baby-Sitters Club
(Screenplay)
Locked in Silence
(Writer)
I Love You Perfect
(Co-Producer)
I Love You Perfect
(Writer)
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
(Writer)
Is There Life Out There?
(Writer)
The People Across the Lake
(Co-Producer)
The People Across the Lake
(Story)
Living a Lie
(Teleplay)
Living a Lie
(Story)
Living a Lie
(Co-Producer)
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
(Teleplay)
The People Across the Lake
(Teleplay)
Cab to Canada
(Teleplay)
Going Home
(Teleplay)
Going Home
(Co-Producer)
Cross Creek
(Screenplay)
A Message from Holly
(Teleplay)
A Message from Holly
(Co-Producer)
Journey of the Heart
(Co-Producer)
Baby Luv
(Theatre Play)
Little Darlings
(Screenplay)
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
(Writer)
The Yarn Princess
(Writer)
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
(Story)
The Yarn Princess
(Co-Producer)
Cab to Canada
(Co-Producer)
The Last Dance
(Writer)
Little Darlings
(Characters)
Pale Horse Pale Rider
(Writer)