Dalene Young
Biography
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).
CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Dalene Young
A Quiet Masterpiece That Butchers the Myth of the Angry Man
Nicolas Cage has spent years wading through direct-to-VOD schlock, but Pig reminds us why he remains one of cinema’s most fascinating actors. This isn’t John Wick with a truffle hunter though the prem... Read more
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