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Dalene Young
Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born June 29, 1939Died May 9, 2025 (85 years)
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).
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).
Known For
Filmography
| 2021 | Pig · as Jezebel |
| 2011 | Grimm (TV Series) · as Charlotte |
| 1989 | Sonny Boy · as Doc Wallace |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning? · as Hairdresser |
| 1978 | Teen Lust · as Mother |
| 1963 | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World · as Extra |