Dalene Young

Writing

Dalene Young

Born June 29, 1939 · Hawaii, USA

Died May 9, 2025 · aged 85

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 Silenc…

Known For

PigPig · 2021
Pig
6.62021
MovieDramaThriller
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
Little DarlingsLittle Darlings · 1980
Little Darlings
6.51980
MovieComedyDrama
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 Baby-Sitters ClubThe Baby-Sitters Club · 1995
The Baby-Sitters Club
5.41995
MovieComedyDrama
Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.
Teen LustTeen Lust · 1978
Teen Lust
4.11978
MovieComedy
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 community. Before long, every husband in the vicinity has fallen for their charms.
Evidence of BloodEvidence of Blood · 1998
Evidence of Blood
6.61998
MovieTV MovieDrama
When a brilliant crime writer investigates a 40-year-old murder, he confronts a small town's worst fears.
Cross CreekCross Creek · 1983
Cross Creek
6.61983
MovieDramaRomance
In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
Will There Really Be a Morning?Will There Really Be a Morning? · 1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
7.01983
MovieTV MovieDrama
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
The Yarn PrincessThe Yarn Princess · 1994
The Yarn Princess
6.31994
MovieDrama
Margaret, who has certain mental disabilities, struggles when her husband, Jake, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and the authorities wish to take her children away from her. She has to prove in a court of law that she is capable of taking care of her family.

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