YOUNG, Dalene

PERSONAL

Raised in Hawaii; married Robert Martin Carroll (a director).

Career: Writer, producer, and actress. West Coast Ensemble, Hollywood, CA, member of company.

Awards, Honors: Christopher Award, c. 1992, for Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding writing in a children's special (with David A. Simons), 2000, for Locked in Silence.

CREDITS

Television Coproducer; Movies:

The People across the Lake, NBC, 1988.

I Love You Perfect, ABC, 1989.

Living a Lie, NBC, 1991.

A Message from Holly, CBS, 1992.

The Yarn Princess (also known as More Than a Miracle, ABC, 1994.

Journey of the Heart, CBS, 1997.

Cab to Canada, CBS, 1998.

Silk Hope, CBS, 1999.

Going Home, CBS, 2000.

The Last Dance, CBS, 2000.

Miss Lettie and Me, TNT, 2002.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

Why Me?, ABC, 1984.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Hairdresser, Will There Really Be a Morning?, CBS, 1983.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Appeared in an episode of Angel Falls, CBS.

Film Appearances:

Mrs. Newburgh, Baby Luv, Wee Dram Productions, 1999.

Stage Appearances:

Baby Luv, WinFemme Film Festival, Clarity Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA, 2001.

Grandma Joad, The Grapes of Wrath, West Coast Ensemble, Hollywood, CA, 2002.

WRITINGS

Television Movies:

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, NBC, 1976.

Christmas Miracle in Caulfield, U.S.A. (also known as The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle ), NBC, 1977.

Deadman's Curve, CBS, 1978.

Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze, CBS, 1979.

The Plutonium Incident, CBS, 1980.

Marilyn: The Untold Story, ABC, 1980.

Will There Really Be a Morning?, CBS, 1983.

Why Me?, ABC, 1984.

The People across the Lake (also based on a story by Young), NBC, 1988.

I Love You Perfect, ABC, 1989.

Living a Lie (also based on a story by Young), NBC, 1991.

Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (also based on a story by Young), NBC, 1992.

A Message from Holly, CBS, 1992.

The Yarn Princess (also known as More Than a Miracle ), ABC, 1994.

Is There Life out There?, CBS, 1994.

Journey of the Heart, CBS, 1997.

Evidence of Blood, The Movie Channel, 1998.

Cab to Canada, CBS, 1998.

Silk Hope, CBS, 1999.

(With David A. Simons) Locked in Silence, Showtime, 1999.

Going Home, CBS, 2000.

The Last Dance, CBS, 2000.

Miss Lettie and Me, TNT, 2002.

Television Pilots:

Panic in Echo Park, NBC, 1977.

Screenplays:

Little Darlings, Paramount, 1980.

Cross Creek, MCA/Universal, 1983.

The Baby–Sitters Club, Columbia, 1995.

Baby Luv (based on her stage play What Color Is Love ), Wee Dram Productions, 1999.

Stage Plays:

Baby Luv, WinFemme Film Festival, Clarity Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA, 2001.

Ghost Town, Hollywood Court Theatre, Hollywood, 2003.

Also author of What Color Is Love.

ADAPTATIONS

The television movie Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn, broadcast by NBC in 1977, was based on a story by Young.