Irene Cara
Acting
March 18, 1959
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.
Movies
Fame
1980
Certain Fury
1985
Apple Pie
1976
Sparkle
1976
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006
Busted Up
1986
D.C. Cab
1983
City Heat
1984
Sister, Sister
1982
Happily Ever After
1989
Beauty and the Beast
1992
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
Style Wars
1984
The Jungle King
1994
Caged in Paradiso
1989
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Killing 'em Softly
1982
TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Champs-Elysées
1982
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Kojak
1973
Where Are They Now?
1999
Solid Gold
1980
The Electric Company
1971
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
What's Happening!!
1976
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Gone Country
2008