Dalene Young

Dalene Young June 29 1939 May 9 2025 was an American screenwriter producer and occasional actor She was best known for writing the comingofage comedydrama Little Darlings 1980 featuring Tatum ONeal and Kristy McNichol and the Mary Steenburgenstarring drama Cross Creek 1983 Young received a Daytime Emmy nomination for cowriting the Showtime childrens 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