Writing · Filmography
Dalene Young
Born June 29, 1939 (at 85)Hawaii, USA
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).
Filmography
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Grimm
2011
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Pig
2021
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Little Darlings
1980
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The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
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Deadman's Curve
1978
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Teen Lust
1978
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Cross Creek
1983
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Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
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Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
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Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
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The Yarn Princess
1994
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The Plutonium Incident
1980
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Cab to Canada
1998
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The People Across the Lake
1988
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Locked in Silence
1999
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Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
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Sonny Boy
1989
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Panic in Echo Park
1977
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The Last Dance
2000
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Journey of the Heart
1997
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Evidence of Blood
1998
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Why Me?
1984
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A Message from Holly
1992
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Living a Lie
1991
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Silk Hope
1999
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Going Home
2000
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Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
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Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
1979
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Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
1992
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Is There Life Out There?
1994