Joan Gardner (born Blanche Ovens Clough on March 7, 1903, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, to Olive Oatman Smith Clough and Jeffrey Bennett Clough Jr. She died April 16, 1972, in Miami, Dade, Florida) was a Broadway actress and chorus girl in the early 20th century. She was known for being in the Ziegfeld Follies as a tall beauty standing at 5 feet 8 inches.