Irene Cara
Acting
Born: 1959-03-18 in 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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American Playhouse
Myrlie Evans
Champs-Elysées
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Wetten, dass..?
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Kojak
Amy
The Electric Company
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
Solid Gold
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Verstehen Sie Spaß?
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What's Happening!!
Maria
Roots: The Next Generations
Bertha Palmer Haley
Roots: The Next Generations
Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
Fame
Coco Hernandez
City Heat
Ginny Lee
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Alice Jefferson
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
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Gone Country
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Busted Up
Simone
Happily Ever After
Snow White (voice)
D.C. Cab
Irene Cara
Style Wars
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Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
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Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
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Sparkle
Sparkle
Certain Fury
Tracy
Sister, Sister
Sissy Lovejoy
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers
Apple Pie
Dancer
Aaron Loves Angela
Angela
Killing 'em Softly
Jane
Caged in Paradiso
Eva