After she grew up, fans who requested an autographed photo seemed disappointed when they received a current shot, so she sent out newly signed photos from her "Our Gang" days instead.
Appeared as a celebrity contestant on Groucho Marx's "Tell It to Groucho" (1962) game show on CBS-TV in 1962. She was also the voice of the mermaid in the "Chicken Of The Sea" TV commercials. Ms. Hood made her last public appearance at the "First Bi-Annual Sons Of The Desert" convention at the O'Hare Airport Hotel (outside Chicago) from August 18 to 20, l978, and she did the voice of "Spanky's" mother on "The Little Rascals TV Cartoon Special" in l979.
Claimed that her parents never gave her a penny of the earnings she made from the "Our Gang" shorts.
Darla's name is mentioned in the song "Purple Stain" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Initially tutored on the Roach Studio lot by a Mrs. Alma Rubens, the series was later sold to Metro and the gang then attended the famous "little red schoolhouse" on the MGM lot.
Interred at Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now called Hollywood Forever), Hollywood, California, USA, in the Abbey of the Psalms, Sanctuary of Light, top row, halfway down the hall.
Once made a guest appearance on "The Jack Benny Program" (1950) in which they did a spoof on the "Our Gang" series, with Jack Benny as Alfalfa and Don Wilson as Spanky.
She had a hit record in 1957, with "I Just Wanna Be Free," and in January of 1959, she released a record, Quiet Village. One-time Hal Roach talent agent, Joe Rivkin, who discovered Darla as a child, saw the cover and cast her in her first adult role in a movie. She played a secretary in the cult horror classic The Bat (1959), starring Vincent Price.
She was the most prominent of "Our Gang" and "Little Rascals" comical children. Her tenure, with the "Little Rascals" was from 1935 to 1941. "Our Gang" shorts were in earlier years and a majority of them are silent.