Irene Cara
Acting Born Mar 18, 1959 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits
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.
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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- Kojak (1973) as Amy
- Die ultimative Chartshow (2003) as Self
- Where Are They Now? (1999) as Self
- The Electric Company (1971) as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
- What's Happening!! (1976) as Maria
- Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980) as Self
- Solid Gold (1980) as Self
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Bertha Palmer Haley
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
- Love of Life (1951) as Daisy Allen
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) as Alice Jefferson
- Fame (1980) as Coco Hernandez
- City Heat (1984) as Ginny Lee
- Gone Country (2008) as Self
- Show-Express (1980) as Self
- D.C. Cab (1983) as Irene Cara
- Happily Ever After (1989) as Snow White (voice)
- Style Wars (1984) as Self
- Busted Up (1986) as Simone
- 4 gegen Willi (1986) as Self
- Certain Fury (1985) as Tracy