# Doris Merrick
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{{Short description|American actress and model (1919–2019)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Doris Merrick
| image = Doris Merrick in The Fighting Stallion.jpg
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| caption = Merrick in ''[The Fighting Stallion](/source/The_Fighting_Stallion)'' (1950)
| birth_name = Doris Roberta Simpson
| other_names = Doris Hatfield (married name)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|6|6}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|30|1919|6|6}}
| death_place = U.S.
| occupation = Actress, model
| years_active = 1942–1955
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Maximilian "Max" Marek|1936|1944|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|John Meagher Knoll|1946|1962|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Matthew Lawton Hatfield|1964|1986|reason=died}}
}}
| children = 5
}}
'''Doris Roberta Merrick''' (née '''Simpson''', June 6, 1919 – November 30, 2019) was an American film actress and model.
==Biography==
[[File:Doris Merrick pin-up, Yank, The Army Weekly (Brittish Edition), May 2, 1943.png|thumb|right|[Pin-up](/source/Pin-up) photo of Merrick for ''[Yank, the Army Weekly](/source/Yank%2C_the_Army_Weekly)'' in 1943]]
Merrick was born in June 1919, to Joseph Simpson and Nellie Weber, and had five brothers and four sisters. She attended Hyde Park High School and worked as a singer with her sisters, before becoming a soloist at NBC, she subsequently worked as a model before signing a contract with [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros.) in 1941. She was first given the name Beth Drake but changed to Doris Merrick not long after. After appearing in an uncredited role in ''[Yankee Doodle Dandy](/source/Yankee_Doodle_Dandy)'', starring [James Cagney](/source/James_Cagney), in 1941, she made her star film debut the following year in ''[Girl Trouble](/source/Girl_Trouble_(1942_film))''. While a couple of her roles went uncredited she had a notable supporting role in the [Laurel and Hardy](/source/Laurel_and_Hardy) comedy ''[The Big Noise](/source/The_Big_Noise_(1944_film))'' (1944). She appeared in the magazine ''[Yank, the Army Weekly](/source/Yank%2C_the_Army_Weekly)'' during the WWII years and her professional acting career ended in 1955.[{{cite web | url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/427/Doris+Merrick/index.html | title=Doris Merrick | publisher=Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen | access-date=May 4, 2014}}][{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19420117&id=9-4ZAAAAIBAJ&pg=5820,554832 | title=Beth Drake, beautiful movie starlet | publisher=The Milwaukee Journal | date=January 17, 1942 | access-date=May 4, 2014}}][{{cite web | url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/california/oakland/oakland-tribune/1942/05-31/page-63 | title=Beth Drake is a tenth of one man's family | publisher=Oakland Tribune | date=31 May 1942 | access-date=May 4, 2014}}]
==Personal life==
Merrick was married to boxer Max Marek from 1936 to 1944, before being married to rancher and lumberman John Meagher Knoll from 1946 to 1962.[{{cite web | url=https://newspaperarchive.com/fra/provence-alpes-cote-d%e2%80%99azur/marseilles/mediterranean-marseilles-stars-and-stripes/1945/01-27/page-2?tag=doris+merrick&rtserp=tags/?pep=doris-merrick | title=That's Not Cheesecake, It's My Sis!' Says Bill | publisher=Mediterranean Marseilles Stars and Stripes | date=January 27, 1945 | access-date=July 3, 2016 | pages=2}}] Merrick lived in the Golden Valley Estates Assisted Living Centre in [Yuma, Arizona](/source/Yuma%2C_Arizona) and was going under her married name of '''Doris Hatfield'''. Merrick [turned 100](/source/centenarian) in June 2019 and died in November.[[https://www.pressreader.com/usa/yuma-sun/20191226/281496458195048 Silver screen star calls Yuma home]][[http://www.lordheath.com/menu1_581.html Lord Heath: Doris Merrick profile]]
== Filmography ==
*''[Yankee Doodle Dandy](/source/Yankee_Doodle_Dandy)'' (1942) Uncredited
*''[Girl Trouble](/source/Girl_Trouble_(1942_film))'' (1942) as Susan
*''[That Other Woman](/source/That_Other_Woman)'' (1942) as Irene
*''[Time to Kill](/source/Time_to_Kill_(1942_film))'' (1942) as Linda Conquest Murdock
*''[Heaven Can Wait](/source/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1943_film))'' (1943) as Nellie Brown (uncredited)
*''[Ladies of Washington](/source/Ladies_of_Washington)'' (1944) as Susan
*''[In the Meantime, Darling](/source/In_the_Meantime%2C_Darling)'' (1944) as Mrs. MacAndrews
*''[The Big Noise](/source/The_Big_Noise_(1944_film))'' (1944) as Evelyn
*''[Sensation Hunters](/source/Sensation_Hunters_(1945_film))'' (1945) as Julie Rogers
*''[This Love of Ours](/source/This_Love_of_Ours)'' (1945) as Vivian
*''[Hit the Hay](/source/Hit_the_Hay)'' (1945) as Sally Mansfield
*''[Child of Divorce](/source/Child_of_Divorce)'' (1946) as Louise Norman
*''[The Pilgrim Lady](/source/The_Pilgrim_Lady)'' (1947) as Millicent Rankin
*''[The Counterfeiters](/source/The_Counterfeiters_(1948_film))'' (1948) as Margo Talbot
*''[The Fighting Stallion](/source/The_Fighting_Stallion)'' (1950) as Jeanne Barton
*''[Untamed Women](/source/Untamed_Women)'' (1952) as Sandra
*''[The Neanderthal Man](/source/The_Neanderthal_Man)'' (1953) as Ruth Marshall
*''[Interrupted Melody](/source/Interrupted_Melody)'' (1955) as nurse (uncredited)
==References==
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Category:1919 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American women centenarians
Category:21st-century American women
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