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).
Filmography14 titles
Grimm
The Last Dance
Silk Hope
Pig
Evidence of Blood
Cross Creek
Little Darlings
Is There Life Out There?
The People Across the Lake
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
The Baby-Sitters Club
Deadman's Curve
Panic in Echo Park
Sonny Boy