Gretchen Lederer (née Schwallenback; 23 May 1891 – 20 December 1955) was a German actress of the silent era.

Gretchen Lederer was born in Cologne, Germany.

[2] The couple had one son, Leroy Lederer Shepek (1908-1940).

Her second husband was the conservative American economist Lewis Henry Haney.

Gretchen Lederer was still with him in 1955, when she died in Anaheim, California at age 64.