Cast & creator
Dalene Young
Best known for Grimm, Pig, Little Darlings
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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film credits
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television credits
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1960–2021 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (49)
Showing 49 of 49 credits
Grimm
Charlotte
2011
Pig
Jezebel
2021
Little Darlings
Screenplay
1980
The Baby-Sitters Club
Screenplay
1995
The Yarn Princess
Writer
1994The Yarn Princess
Co-Producer
1994
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Teleplay
1980
Teen Lust
Mother
1978
Panic in Echo Park
Writer
1977
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Story
1977
Cross Creek
Screenplay
1983
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Teleplay
1979
A Message from Holly
Teleplay
1992A Message from Holly
Co-Producer
1992
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Hairdresser
1983Will There Really Be a Morning?
Writer
1983
Cab to Canada
Teleplay
1998Cab to Canada
Co-Producer
1998
The People Across the Lake
Story
1988The People Across the Lake
Co-Producer
1988The People Across the Lake
Teleplay
1988
Evidence of Blood
Teleplay
1998
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Writer
1976
The Last Dance
Writer
2000
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Writer
1977
Is There Life Out There?
Writer
1994
The Plutonium Incident
Screenplay
1980
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
Writer
1992
Journey of the Heart
Writer
1997Journey of the Heart
Co-Producer
1997
Deadman's Curve
Screenplay
1978
I Love You Perfect
Writer
1989I Love You Perfect
Co-Producer
1989
Sonny Boy
Doc Wallace
1989Pale Horse Pale Rider
Writer
1981
Why Me?
Writer
1984
Living a Lie
Teleplay
1991Living a Lie
Story
1991Living a Lie
Co-Producer
1991
Locked in Silence
Writer
1999
Silk Hope
Teleplay
1999Silk Hope
Co-Producer
1999
Going Home
Co-Producer
2000Going Home
Teleplay
2000Baby Luv
Elizabeth
2000Baby Luv
Writer
2000Baby Luv
Theatre Play
2000Little Darlings
Characters
1982
Juke Box Racket
Betty
1960