Irene Cara
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 18, 1959
- Died
- November 25, 2022 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Bring Back... Fame
Movie · as Self
Gone Country
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Movie · as Self
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Movie · as Self
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Die ultimative Chartshow
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Love 1980's
TV · 1 ep
Where Are They Now?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Happily Ever After
Movie · as Snow White (voice)
Caged in Paradiso
Movie · as Eva
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Movie · as Self
Busted Up
Movie · as Simone
4 gegen Willi
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Certain Fury
Movie · as Tracy
City Heat
Movie · as Ginny Lee
Style Wars
Movie · as Self
D.C. Cab
Movie · as Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie · as Myrlie Evers
Sister, Sister
Movie · as Sissy Lovejoy
Killing 'em Softly
Movie · as Jane
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Myrlie Evans · 1 ep
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fame
Movie · as Coco Hernandez
On Location with: FAME
Movie · as Self - ‘Coco’
Solid Gold
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV · as Alice Jefferson · 2 eps
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Show-Express
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Bertha Palmer Haley, Bertha Palmer (archive footage) · 3 eps
Sparkle
Movie · as Sparkle
Apple Pie
Movie · as Dancer
What's Happening!!
TV · as Maria · 1 ep
Aaron Loves Angela
Movie · as Angela
Kojak
TV · as Amy · 1 ep
The Electric Company
TV · as Iris - Member of the Short Circus · 130 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep