10.0
10.0
Baby Luv
2000
Writer
Dalene Young
Writing
Born:June 29, 1939
Died:May 9, 2025(aged 85)
Birthplace:Hawaii, U.S.
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CommunityBiography
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 (23 movies)
7.6
7.6
The Last Dance
2000
Writer
7.0
7.0
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
Writer
6.7
6.7
Pig
2021
as Jezebel
6.6
6.6
Cross Creek
1983
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Little Darlings
1980
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
The Yarn Princess
1994
Writer
6.0
6.0
Juke Box Racket
1960
as Betty
5.7
5.7
Locked in Silence
1999
Writer
5.4
5.4
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
Writer
5.4
5.4
Why Me?
1984
Writer
5.4
5.4
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
Deadman's Curve
1978
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
The Plutonium Incident
1980
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
Is There Life Out There?
1994
Writer
4.9
4.9
Panic in Echo Park
1977
Writer
4.9
4.9
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
Writer
4.8
4.8
Journey of the Heart
1997
Writer
4.8
4.8
Sonny Boy
1989
as Doc Wallace
3.2
3.2
Teen Lust
1978
as Mother
I Love You Perfect
1989
Writer
Pale Horse Pale Rider
1981
Writer
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
1992
Writer
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