# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doris-gercke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:14:36.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doris-gercke"
name: "Doris Gercke"
slug: "doris-gercke"
description: "Doris Gercke was a German writer of novels, especially thrillers but also books for children and youth, and poetry. For some books, she used the pen name Mary-Jo Morell. She is known for a series of thrillers featuring a female private detective, who inspired inspector Bella Block in a popular television series by ZDF."
tagline: "German writer (1937–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DE_Gercke_Doris_2007-10-05_by_Steschke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1937-02-07"
deathDate: "2025-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.38
  momentum:             2.117647058823529
  historical:           9.211844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314187/"
    handle:    "nm0314187"
sources:
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    title: "Doris Gercke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "دوريس جرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Gercke"
    title: "Doris Gercke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Gercke"
    title: "Doris Gercke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Gercke"
    title: "Doris Gercke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Gercke"
    title: "Doris Gercke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%B3%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A5"
    title: "Դորիս Գերկե"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Gercke"
    title: "Doris Gercke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Герке, Дорис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Gercke"
    title: "Doris Gercke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77473"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1319586"
    title: "Doris Gercke"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump