Dalene Young

Dalene Young

1939-06-29 Hawaii, U.S. 36 Credits

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...

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Pig

Pig

2021

as Jezebel

6.7
Acting

A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.

Baby Luv

2000

as Elizabeth

10.0
Acting

A story centered around Lee, a young woman whose considerable charm masks an almost innate desire to destroy - especially when it comes to the man who...

Baby Luv

2000

Writer, Theatre Play

10.0
Writing

A story centered around Lee, a young woman whose considerable charm masks an almost innate desire to destroy - especially when it comes to the man who...

The Last Dance

The Last Dance

2000

Writer

7.6
Writing

A retired school teacher is reminded of her past after she befriends with one of her former students, Todd Cope.

Going Home

Going Home

2000

Co-Producer, Teleplay

5.3
Producing

A daughter must choose between her career as a book editor at a high powered New York firm, or return home to care for her aging father whose mental s...

Silk Hope

Silk Hope

1999

Teleplay, Co-Producer

4.0
Producing

Frannie Vaughn (Fawcett) comes back home after being away a long time, only to find that her mother has died. She also finds out that her sister, Nata...

Locked in Silence

Locked in Silence

1999

Writer

5.7
Writing

A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The you...

Cab to Canada

Cab to Canada

1998

Teleplay, Co-Producer

5.6
Producing

Fact-based story about a Pasadena cab driver who picks up what he believes is a routine fare, an elderly woman on her way to a funeral. However, the w...

Evidence of Blood

Evidence of Blood

1998

Teleplay

6.5

When a brilliant crime writer investigates a 40-year-old murder, he confronts a small town's worst fears.

Journey of the Heart

Journey of the Heart

1997

Writer, Co-Producer

5.4
Writing Producing

Janice is the subject of the town gossips for four reasons: she wears too much lipstick, her hair is too big, she is a single-mother and her two child...

The Baby-Sitters Club

The Baby-Sitters Club

1995

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.

Is There Life Out There?

Is There Life Out There?

1994

Writer

5.0
Writing

Lily Marshall has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return to college and get the degree she always wanted. "I...

The Yarn Princess

The Yarn Princess

1994

Writer, Co-Producer

6.4
Writing Producing

Margaret, who has certain mental disabilities, struggles when her husband, Jake, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and the authorities wish to take her ...

A Message from Holly

A Message from Holly

1992

Teleplay, Co-Producer

6.0
Producing

Kate is a high-powered, workaholic executive who discreetly takes time off from her work to live with her artist friend Holly, who reveals she has ter...

Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted

Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted

1992

Writer

Writing

A Down-syndrome boy left in an institute by his parents. Ginny works in the institute and wants to have Jonathan but has to fight the system and the p...

Living a Lie

Living a Lie

1991

Teleplay, Story, Co-Producer

Writing Producing

Way out west, it's a moral dilemma for Jill Eikenberry. Her character, manicurist Joanne Johnson, is the kind of woman who stands by her man. She and ...

I Love You Perfect

I Love You Perfect

1989

Writer, Co-Producer

Writing Producing

A woman, her lover and her best friend cope with the tragedy of her misdiagnosed medical condition.

Sonny Boy

Sonny Boy

1989

as Doc Wallace

4.9
Acting

A small-town car thief and his transgender wife come across an abandoned infant; they amputate his tongue and train him for a life in crime.

The People Across the Lake

The People Across the Lake

1988

Story, Co-Producer, Teleplay

5.8
Writing Producing

In an effort to get away from the city and all its crime, Chuck Yoman and his family move to a big old house in a peaceful lakeside town. The discover...

Why Me?

Why Me?

1984

Writer

5.4
Writing

An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.

Cross Creek

Cross Creek

1983

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused n...

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983

as Hairdresser

7.0
Acting

This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983

Writer

7.0
Writing

This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.

Little Darlings

1982

Characters

Two young girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.

Pale Horse Pale Rider

1981

Writer

Writing

Katherine Ann Porter's story of a young woman's dreams of death. The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.

Marilyn: The Untold Story

Marilyn: The Untold Story

1980

Teleplay

8.2

The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and un...

Little Darlings

Little Darlings

1980

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.

The Plutonium Incident

The Plutonium Incident

1980

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

A plutonium plant employee becomes the target of management, as well as union harassment, when she tries to blow the whistle on the company for neglig...

Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story

Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story

1979

Teleplay

6.0

The true and tragic story of a very young and very talented comedian from the 70's whose sudden rise to fame had some of its benefits -- and some of i...

Teen Lust

Teen Lust

1978

as Mother

3.6
Acting

Kirsten Baker and Leslie Cedarquist are the Girls Next Door in this buoyant sexploitationer. The ladies move in bag and baggage into a sleepy suburban...

Deadman's Curve

Deadman's Curve

1978

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

Things were cool. Chicks were pretty. Waves were groovy. Cars had muscle. Jan and Dean rode their wave to the top of the pop charts. Then, in 1966, on...

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

1977

Writer

5.4
Writing

Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.

Panic in Echo Park

Panic in Echo Park

1977

Writer

4.9
Writing

A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

1977

Story

5.9
Writing

In this sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander's story is told in both the past and the present. Alexander's parents send him away f...

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

1976

Writer

5.4
Writing

15-year-old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to...

Juke Box Racket

Juke Box Racket

1960

as Betty

6.0
Acting

Mario, a gangster, takes the fifth amendment when being questioned by the Senate Sub Committee on his connection with racketeering within the juke box...