Doris Roberta Merrick (nee Simpson, June 6, 1919 – November 30, 2019) was an American film actress and model.

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. in 1941.

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.

She appeared in the magazine Yank, the Army Weekly during the WWII years and her professional acting career ended in 1955.