Doris Merrick was born on June 6, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Big Noise (1944), Untamed Women (1952) and The Fighting Stallion (1950). She was married to Matthew Lawton Hatfield, John Meagher Knoll and Max Marek. She died on November 30, 2019 in Yuma, Arizona, USA.
She appeared in the magazine Yank, the Army Weekly during the WWII years and her professional acting career ended in 1955.
Merrick lived in the Golden Valley Estates Assisted Living Centre in Yuma, Arizona and was going under her married name of Doris Hatfield.
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. in 1941.
While a couple of her roles went uncredited she had a notable supporting role in the Laurel and Hardy comedy The Big Noise (1944).
After appearing in an uncredited role in Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney, in 1941, she made her star film debut the following year in Girl Trouble.