As Actor
Pig
2021
6.7
Dalene Young
Acting
Birth Date
June 29, 1939
Place of Birth
Hawaii, U.S.
Date of Death
May 9, 2025
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).
Complete Filmography
As Writer
The Last Dance
2000
7.6
As Writer
Locked in Silence
1999
5.7
As Writer
Journey of the Heart
1997
5.4
As Writer
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
5.4
As Writer
Is There Life Out There?
1994
5.0
As Writer
The Yarn Princess
1994
6.4
As Actor
Sonny Boy
1989
4.9
As Writer
Why Me?
1984
5.4
As Writer
Cross Creek
1983
6.6
As Writer
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
7.0
As Writer
Little Darlings
1980
6.5
As Writer
Deadman's Curve
1978
5.2
As Writer
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
5.4
As Writer
Panic in Echo Park
1977
4.9