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).
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pig (2021) | Jezebel | 7.4 |
| 2 | Evidence of Blood (1998) | Director / Writer | - |
| 3 | The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) | Director / Writer | 5.3 |
| 4 | Sonny Boy (1989) | Doc Wallace | - |
| 5 | Why Me? (1984) | Director / Writer | - |
| 6 | Cross Creek (1983) | Director / Writer | 6 |
| 7 | Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983) | Director / Writer | - |
| 8 | Little Darlings (1980) | Director / Writer | 4 |

