Darla Jean Hood (November 8, 1931 – June 13, 1979) was an American child actress, best known as the female lead in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1941.

Just after her third birthday she was taken to New York City, where she was seen by Joe Rivkin, a casting director for Hal Roach Studios, who arranged a screen test.

She made her debut at age four in the 1935 film Our Gang Follies of 1936 and was soon given a role in The Bohemian Girl with Laurel and Hardy.

Shortly after graduation, the quintet was booked by producer and vaudeville star Ken Murray for his famous "Blackouts", a stage variety show.

She appeared in her own nightclub act at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, the Copacabana in New York, and the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hood was married twice, first to singer and insurance salesman Robert W. Decker (1949–1957), then to record-company executive Jose Granson (1957–1979).

An autopsy disclosed that Hood had contracted Hepatitis from a contaminated blood transfusion given during the operation which led to her death.

[5] Upon learning of Hood's death, fellow Our Gang member Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas said "I hate to hear it.