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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Pig 2021Movie +1 as Jezebel

Little Darlings 1980Movie +4 Screenplay

The Baby-Sitters Club 1995Movie +2 Screenplay

Cross Creek 1983Movie Screenplay

The People Across the Lake 1988Movie Story

The Last Dance 2000Movie Writer

Deadman's Curve 1978Movie Screenplay

Is There Life Out There? 1994Movie Writer

Panic in Echo Park 1977Movie +1 Writer

Journey of the Heart 1997Movie Writer

Sonny Boy 1989Movie as Doc Wallace

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn 1977Movie Story