Dalene Young

Known for WritingBorn 1939-06-29Died 2025-05-09Hawaii, U.S.

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Living a Lie

I Love You Perfect

Baby Luv

Grimm

The Last Dance

A Message from Holly

Silk Hope

Pig

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Marilyn: The Untold Story

The Yarn Princess

Evidence of Blood

Going Home

Cross Creek

Cab to Canada

The Plutonium Incident

Little Darlings

Locked in Silence

Juke Box Racket

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

Is There Life Out There?

The People Across the Lake

Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story

Why Me?

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

The Baby-Sitters Club

Panic in Echo Park

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Deadman's Curve

Journey of the Heart

Sonny Boy

Teen Lust

Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted

Little Darlings

Pale Horse Pale Rider