Dalene Young
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- June 29, 1939, Hawaii, USA
- Died
- May 9, 2025
- Movies
- 25
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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | Pig | Jezebel |
| 2000 | Baby Luv | Elizabeth |
| 1989 | Sonny Boy | Doc Wallace |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning? | Hairdresser |
| 1978 | Teen Lust | Mother |
| 1960 | Juke Box Racket | Betty |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2000 | Baby Luv | Writer |
| 2000 | The Last Dance | Writer |
| 1999 | Locked in Silence | Writer |
| 1997 | Journey of the Heart | Writer |
| 1995 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Screenplay |
| 1994 | Is There Life Out There? | Writer |
| 1994 | The Yarn Princess | Writer |
| 1992 | Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted | Writer |
| 1989 | I Love You Perfect | Writer |
| 1984 | Why Me? | Writer |
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Screenplay |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning? | Writer |
| 1981 | Pale Horse Pale Rider | Writer |
| 1980 | Little Darlings | Screenplay |
| 1980 | The Plutonium Incident | Screenplay |
| 1978 | Deadman's Curve | Screenplay |
| 1977 | Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | Writer |
| 1977 | Panic in Echo Park | Writer |
| 1976 | Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway | Writer |
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