Arleen Whelan (September 1, 1916 – April 7, 1993[1]) was an American film actress.

Whelan was a native of Salt Lake City, Utah.

[2] Before she became an actress, she worked in Southern California as a manicurist, contributing her earnings to help with her family's expenses.

After her screen test, the studio cast Whelan as the female lead in a film version of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped (1938).

[5] Whelan wed actor Alexander D'Arcy in September 1940, and they were divorced in 1943.