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).
Cast
Crew
Why Me?
Writer
Silk Hope
Teleplay, Co-Producer
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Teleplay
Baby Luv
Writer, Theatre Play
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Writer
Panic in Echo Park
Writer
The Plutonium Incident
Screenplay
Journey of the Heart
Writer, Co-Producer
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Writer
Deadman's Curve
Screenplay
Evidence of Blood
Teleplay
The Baby-Sitters Club
Screenplay
Locked in Silence
Writer
I Love You Perfect
Co-Producer, Writer
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Writer
Is There Life Out There?
Writer
The People Across the Lake
Co-Producer, Story, Teleplay
Living a Lie
Teleplay, Story, Co-Producer
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Teleplay
Cab to Canada
Teleplay, Co-Producer
Going Home
Teleplay, Co-Producer
Cross Creek
Screenplay
A Message from Holly
Teleplay, Co-Producer
Little Darlings
Screenplay
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
Writer
The Yarn Princess
Writer, Co-Producer
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Story
The Last Dance
Writer
Little Darlings
Characters
Pale Horse Pale Rider
Writer