Arlene Stadd was an American television writer and playwright. Stadd married writer Leonard Stadd in 1950. After graduating from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1951, Stadd and her husband co-wrote numerous scripts for television series such as Room 222, Hawaii Five-0, Love, American Style. Stadd also wrote episodes of Hotel and was a staff writer on The Doctors and General Hospital. Stadd and Stadd divorced in 1976. Stadd is also known for her historical Eleanor Roosevelt themed play Eleanor.