Becky Gardiner (born Rebeckah McCormick McLean; April 24, 1886; year of death unknown) was an American screenwriter and actress active in the 1920s and 1930s.

[1] Gardiner was born into a prominent Maryland family; her father, Donald McLean, was a lawyer, and his wife, Emily Nelson Ritchie, was related to Maryland Gov.

[2][3] On June 12, 1909,[4] she married writer John D. W. Gardiner; they had one daughter, Emily, who became an author as well.

[6][7] Gardiner got her start as an actress in New York City, performing in small roles in the early 1910s under the name Becky Bruce.

[8] Films for which Gardiner wrote adaptations included Sea Horses (1926) and Padlocked (1926).