Vivian Smolen (March 7, 1916 – June 11, 2006)[1] was an actress in the era of old-time radio.

[2] Decades after those roles ended, an article in the Chicago Tribune said: "When Vivian Smolen Klein speaks, people listen.

[1] As an elementary school student, she auditioned and won a part in The Children's Hour in New York.

Her work on that program helped her to obtain the lead in Our Gal Sunday,[2] a role that she played from 1946 to 1959.

[5] The two programs were on the air concurrently, but Smolen said, "It wasn't uncommon to have two big parts at once.