Irene Cara
Biography
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 - November 25, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress. Cara sang and co-wrote the song Flashdance... What a Feeling from the film Flashdance. She won an Oscar for Best Original Song as a co writer. Cara rose to fame as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 film Fame, and the hit song "Fame" spawned from the movie.
Known For
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Filmography
Acting (38)
Movies (20)
Bring Back... Fame
2008as Self
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007as Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006as Self
The Jungle King
1994as Leonette
Beauty and the Beast
1992as Beauty (voice)
Happily Ever After
1989as Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso
1989as Eva
Busted Up
1986as Simone
Certain Fury
1985as Tracy
City Heat
1984as Ginny Lee
Style Wars
1984as Self
D.C. Cab
1983as Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983as Myrlie Evers
Sister, Sister
1982as Sissy Lovejoy
Killing 'em Softly
1982as Jane
Fame
1980as Coco
On Location with: FAME
1980as Self - ‘Coco’
Sparkle
1976as Sparkle
Apple Pie
1976as Dancer
Aaron Loves Angela
1975as Angela
Television (18)
Gone Country
2008as Self
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
2005as Self
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003as Self
Where Are They Now?
1999as Self
4 gegen Willi
1986as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981as Self
Solid Gold
1980as Self
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980as Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980as Alice Jefferson
Show-Express
1980as Self
Roots: The Next Generations
1979as Bertha Palmer Haley
Roots: The Next Generations
1979as Bertha Palmer Haley
What's Happening!!
1976as Maria
Kojak
1973as Amy
The Electric Company
1971as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
Love of Life
1951as Daisy Allen
Crew (1)
Television (1)
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