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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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Writing

1976

[ ] Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (Writer)

1977

[ ] Panic in Echo Park (Writer)
[ ] Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (Writer)
[ ] Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (Story)

1978

[ ] Deadman's Curve (Screenplay)

1979

[ ] Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story (Teleplay)

1980

[ ] Marilyn: The Untold Story (Teleplay)
[ ] The Plutonium Incident (Screenplay)
[ ] Little Darlings (Screenplay)

1981

[ ] Pale Horse Pale Rider (Writer)

1982

[ ] Little Darlings (Characters)

1983

[ ] Will There Really Be a Morning? (Writer)
[ ] Cross Creek (Screenplay)

1984

[ ] Why Me? (Writer)

1988

[ ] The People Across the Lake (Story)
[ ] The People Across the Lake (Teleplay)

1989

[ ] I Love You Perfect (Writer)

1991

[ ] Living a Lie (Teleplay)
[ ] Living a Lie (Story)

1992

[ ] A Message from Holly (Teleplay)
[ ] Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (Writer)

1994

[ ] Is There Life Out There? (Writer)
[ ] The Yarn Princess (Writer)

1995

[ ] The Baby-Sitters Club (Screenplay)

1997

[ ] Journey of the Heart (Writer)

1998

[ ] Evidence of Blood (Teleplay)
[ ] Cab to Canada (Teleplay)

1999

[ ] Silk Hope (Teleplay)
[ ] Locked in Silence (Writer)

2000

[ ] Baby Luv (Writer)
[ ] Going Home (Teleplay)
[ ] Baby Luv (Theatre Play)
[ ] The Last Dance (Writer)

Production

1988

[ ] The People Across the Lake (Co-Producer)

1989

[ ] I Love You Perfect (Co-Producer)

1991

[ ] Living a Lie (Co-Producer)

1992

[ ] A Message from Holly (Co-Producer)

1994

[ ] The Yarn Princess (Co-Producer)

1997

[ ] Journey of the Heart (Co-Producer)

1998

[ ] Cab to Canada (Co-Producer)

1999

[ ] Silk Hope (Co-Producer)

2000

[ ] Going Home (Co-Producer)

Actor

1960

[ ] Juke Box Racket (Betty)

1978

[ ] Teen Lust (Mother)

1983

[ ] Will There Really Be a Morning? (Hairdresser)

1989

[ ] Sonny Boy (Doc Wallace)

2000

[ ] Baby Luv (Elizabeth)

2021

[ ] Pig (Jezebel)