Bella Jarrett (February 9, 1926 – October 19, 2007) was an American stage, television, and film actress as well as a novelist.

[4] Jarrett began acting in the 1950s with local theater groups in Atlanta, Houston, Boston, and Washington D.C. She had roles in the television series All My Children, The Doctors, and Another World.

[1] Jarrett also was in the Off-Broadway productions The Good Natur’d Man, Phaedra, and The Waltz of the Toreadors.

[4] In a review of the controversial Catholic comedic play Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, Rita Rose of The Indianapolis Star wrote, "Bella Jarrett's theater credits could rival the length of any catechism handbook".

[6] Jarrett was part of the Bedside Network in which she read and performed for people who were chronically ill. She was also a member of Call for Action and Mensa International,[5] the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world.