Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 18, 1959
Place of Birth:
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bring Back... Fame | Self |
| 2007 | Disco Explosion - Flash Back | Self |
| 2006 | Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 | Self |
| 1994 | The Jungle King | Leonette |
| 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | Beauty (voice) |
| 1989 | Happily Ever After | Snow White (voice) |
| 1989 | Caged in Paradiso | Eva |
| 1986 | Busted Up | Simone |
| 1985 | Certain Fury | Tracy |
| 1984 | City Heat | Ginny Lee |
| 1984 | Style Wars | Self |
| 1983 | D.C. Cab | Irene Cara |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Myrlie Evers |
| 1982 | Sister, Sister | Sissy Lovejoy |
| 1982 | Killing 'em Softly | Jane |
| 1980 | Fame | Coco |
| 1976 | Sparkle | Sparkle |
| 1976 | Apple Pie | Dancer |
| 1975 | Aaron Loves Angela | Angela |
| On Location with: FAME | Self - ‘Coco’ |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Gone Country | Self |
| 2005 | Hit Me, Baby, One More Time | Self |
| 2003 | Die ultimative Chartshow | Self |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? | Self |
| 1986 | 4 gegen Willi | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1980 | Solid Gold | Self |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Alice Jefferson |
| 1980 | Verstehen Sie Spaß? | Self |
| 1980 | Show-Express | Self |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Bertha Palmer Haley |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Bertha Palmer (archive footage) |
| 1976 | What's Happening!! | Maria |
| 1973 | Kojak | Amy |
| 1971 | The Electric Company | Iris - Member of the Short Circus |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1951 | Love of Life | Daisy Allen |