thumb|Chris Doerk performing in 2012 {{expand German|topic=bio|date=July 2024|Chris Doerk}} '''Chris Doerk''' (born 24 February 1942,<ref name="e180">{{cite web | title=Was geschah am 24. Februar? Historische Ereignisse, Jahrestage, Kalenderblatt | website=MDR.DE | date=2023-02-24 | url=https://www.mdr.de/geschichte/mitteldeutschland/jahrestage/kalenderblatt-ulbricht-kairo-helene-steockel-schallplatte-nsdap-castro-kuba-100.html | language=de | access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany) is a German musician and actress. She was a successful pop singer in socialist East Germany (GDR) and was married to fellow singer Frank Schöbel.<ref name="h225">{{cite web | title=Schlagersängerin Chris Doerk: „Ich feiere das Leben“ | website=Aktuelle News | date=2022-02-24 | url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/potsdam-mittelmark/ich-feiere-das-leben-7990138.html | language=de | access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
==Life and career== Doerk rose to prominence after winning a talent competition.<ref name="h225"/> As a young woman, she worked as a commercial designer and a model.<ref name="h225"/> In the 1960s, she was considered a pop music star with husband Frank Schöbel, and the pair sold millions of records.<ref name="h225"/> The two sang and danced together in two DEFA films: ''Heißer Sommer'' (1968) and ''Nicht schummeln, Liebling!'' (1972).<ref name="p547">{{cite web | title=Chris Doerk schwer krank: Große Sorge um Ex-DDR-Star | website=Schlager.de | date=2023-03-28 | url=https://www.schlager.de/news/chris-doerk-schwer-krank-grosse-sorge-um-ex-ddr-star/225047/ | language=de | access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> The pair divorced in 1974, and also went separate ways professionally.<ref name="h225"/> Doerk had one son with Schöbel.<ref name="o978">{{cite web | last=Zeitung | first=Märkische Allgemeine | title=DDR-Schlagersängerin Chris Doerk wird 75 | website=MAZ - Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung | date=2017-02-24 | url=https://www.maz-online.de/kultur/ddr-schlagersaengerin-chris-doerk-wird-75-L4HRCVOOTEBX2KJU5EC2DXHJJI.html | language=de | access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
After the divorce, Doerk continued to perform through the 1980s, and spent much time overseas, particularly in Cuba.<ref name="a707">{{cite web | last=Kosel | first=Sophia-Caroline | title=Schlager: Schlager: Mit 70 ist Chris Doerk wieder voll im Geschäft | website=Mitteldeutsche Zeitung | date=2012-02-20 | url=https://www.mz.de/kultur/schlager-mit-70-ist-chris-doerk-wieder-voll-im-geschaft-2320588 | language=de | access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> She published a book about Cuba in 2002 called ''La Casita''.<ref name="a707"/> Following German reunification, Doerk took a break from singing, but she made a comeback, and released her first record after 20 years in 2012.<ref name="o978">{{cite web | last=Zeitung | first=Märkische Allgemeine | title=DDR-Schlagersängerin Chris Doerk wird 75 | website=MAZ - Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung | date=2017-02-24 | url=https://www.maz-online.de/kultur/ddr-schlagersaengerin-chris-doerk-wird-75-L4HRCVOOTEBX2KJU5EC2DXHJJI.html | language=de | access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
In 2023, she revealed that she was "seriously ill" and canceled all of her performances.<ref name="y093">{{cite web | title=Sorge um DDR-Star: Chris Doerk streicht alle musikalischen Auftritte | website=www.t-online.de | date=2023-03-27 | url=https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_100151172/ddr-star-chris-doerk-streicht-alle-musikalischen-auftritte-schwer-krank-.html | language=de | access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref>
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