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).
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1939-06-29 · Hawaii, USA
- Died
- 2025-05-09
Known for
- Grimm (2011) — Charlotte
- Pig (2021) — Jezebel
- Little Darlings (1980) — Screenplay
- The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) — Screenplay
- Cross Creek (1983) — Screenplay
- Sonny Boy (1989) — Doc Wallace
- The People Across the Lake (1988) — Story
- Evidence of Blood (1998) — Teleplay
- Deadman's Curve (1978) — Screenplay
- The Yarn Princess (1994) — Writer
- Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977) — Story
- Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976) — Writer
- Panic in Echo Park (1977) — Writer
- Journey of the Heart (1997) — Writer
- Locked in Silence (1999) — Writer
- Teen Lust (1978) — Mother