Dalene Young
- Cast
- Writing
- Born
- 29 June 1939 (died 9 May 2025)
- Place of birth
- Hawaii, U.S.
- Known for
- Writing · Sonny Boy, Deadman's Curve, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Why Me?
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).
Filmography
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