Writer
Dalene Young
Born June 29, 1939 in Hawaii, USA
Died May 9, 202530 films
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).
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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).
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First watchLittle Darlings19806.5Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
30 films- 2000Baby LuvWriter
- 2000The Last DanceWriter
- 2000Going HomeTeleplay
- 1999Silk HopeTeleplay
- 1999Locked in SilenceWriter
- 1998Cab to CanadaTeleplay
- 1998Evidence of BloodTeleplay
- 1997Journey of the HeartWriter
- 1995The Baby-Sitters ClubScreenplay
- 1994Is There Life Out There?Writer
- 1994The Yarn PrincessWriter
- 1992A Message from HollyTeleplay
- 1992Jonathan: The Boy Nobody WantedWriter
- 1991Living a LieTeleplay
- 1989I Love You PerfectWriter
- 1988The People Across the LakeStory
- 1984Why Me?Writer
- 1983Cross CreekScreenplay
- 1983Will There Really Be a Morning?Writer
- 1982Little DarlingsCharacters
- 1981Pale Horse Pale RiderWriter
- 1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryTeleplay
- 1980Little DarlingsScreenplay
- 1980The Plutonium IncidentScreenplay
- 1979Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze StoryTeleplay
- 1978Deadman's CurveScreenplay
- 1977Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.Writer
- 1977Panic in Echo ParkWriter
- 1977Alexander: The Other Side of DawnStory
- 1976Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage RunawayWriter