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Dalene Young

Dalene Young

ActorWriterProduction Jun 29 (died age 85) Hawaii, U.S. 1960–2021 (61 year career)
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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 tel…

Known For

Pig
Film

Pig

Jezebel
Little Darlings
Film

Little Darlings

Screenplay
The Baby-Sitters Club
Film

The Baby-Sitters Club

Screenplay
Cross Creek
Film

Cross Creek

Screenplay
Grimm
Film

Grimm

Charlotte
Evidence of Blood
Film

Evidence of Blood

Teleplay
The People Across the Lake
Film

The People Across the Lake

Co-Producer
Sonny Boy
Film

Sonny Boy

Doc Wallace

Filmography