Biography
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).
Wrote 27
2000s
- 2000
The Last Dance
Writer
Going Home
Teleplay
1990s
- 1999
Silk Hope
Teleplay
Locked in Silence
Writer
- 1998
Cab to Canada
Teleplay
Evidence of Blood
Teleplay
- 1997
Journey of the Heart
Writer
- 1995
- 1994
Is There Life Out There?
Writer
The Yarn Princess
Writer
- 1992
A Message from Holly
Teleplay
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
Writer
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
I Love You Perfect
Writer
- 1988
The People Across the Lake
Story, Teleplay
- 1984
Why Me?
Writer
- 1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Writer
- 1980
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Teleplay
The Plutonium Incident
Screenplay
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Deadman's Curve
Screenplay
- 1977
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Writer
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Story
- 1976
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Writer
Produced 9
2000s
- 2000
Going Home
Co-Producer
1990s
- 1999
Silk Hope
Co-Producer
- 1998
Cab to Canada
Co-Producer
- 1997
Journey of the Heart
Co-Producer
- 1994
The Yarn Princess
Co-Producer
- 1992
A Message from Holly
Co-Producer
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
I Love You Perfect
Co-Producer
- 1988
The People Across the Lake
Co-Producer
Acted in 6
2020s
- 2021
2010s
- 2011
1980s
- 1989
Sonny Boy
Doc Wallace
- 1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Hairdresser
1970s
- 1978
Teen Lust
Mother
1960s
- 1960
Juke Box Racket
Betty