Writing
Dalene Young
1939-06-29 · Hawaii, USA
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
Grimm
Pig
Little Darlings
The Baby-Sitters Club
Cross Creek
Sonny Boy
The People Across the Lake
Evidence of Blood
Deadman's Curve
The Yarn Princess
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Journey of the Heart
Panic in Echo Park
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Locked in Silence
Why Me?
Movie credits · 34
Pig
Baby Luv
The Last Dance
Going Home
Silk Hope
Locked in Silence
Cab to Canada
Evidence of Blood
Journey of the Heart
The Baby-Sitters Club
Is There Life Out There?
The Yarn Princess
A Message from Holly
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
Living a Lie
I Love You Perfect
Sonny Boy
The People Across the Lake
Why Me?
Cross Creek
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Little Darlings
Pale Horse Pale Rider
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Little Darlings
The Plutonium Incident
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Teen Lust
Deadman's Curve
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Panic in Echo Park
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Juke Box Racket
TV credits · 1
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