Director

Dalene Young

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 27

TMDB ID: 942560

IMDb ID: nm0949430

Known for: Writing

Born: June 29, 1939

Died: May 9, 2025

Age: 85

Place of birth: Hawaii, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1960 - 2021

Years active: 62

Average TMDB rating: 6.33

Frequent jobs

Writer (11)Teleplay (8)Screenplay (5)Co-Producer (2)Story (1)

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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 telefilm Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992).

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