Irene Cara
Mar 18, 1959 - Nov 25, 2022 (63 years old) in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Certain Fury
Tracy
Fame
Coco
Kojak
Amy
Sparkle
Sparkle
Style Wars
Self
Solid Gold
Self
City Heat
Ginny Lee
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty (voice)
Where Are They Now?
Self
The Electric Company
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
Credits
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On Location with: FAME FutureSelf - ‘Coco’★ 6 -
Bring Back... Fame 2008Self★ NR
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Gone Country 2008Self★ NR -
Self★ 7.5 -
Self★ 8.2 -
Self★ NR
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Self★ 5
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Where Are They Now? 1999Self★ 7.5 -
The Jungle King 1994Leonette★ 6 -
Beauty and the Beast 1992Beauty (voice)★ 6 -
Happily Ever After 1989Snow White (voice)★ 5.7 -
Caged in Paradiso 1989Eva★ 6 -
4 gegen Willi 1986Self★ NR
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Busted Up 1986Simone★ 6.5 -
Certain Fury 1985Tracy★ 4.9 -
City Heat 1984Ginny Lee★ 5.5 -
Style Wars 1984Self★ 7.4 -
D.C. Cab 1983Irene Cara★ 5.2 -
Myrlie Evers★ NR -
Killing 'em Softly 1982Jane★ NR -
Sister, Sister 1982Sissy Lovejoy★ NR -
Solid Gold 1980Self★ 6 -
Fame 1980Coco★ 6.4 -
Alice Jefferson★ 7.2 -
Verstehen Sie Spaß? 1980Self★ 3.8 -
Bertha Palmer Haley★ 7.5 -
Apple Pie 1976Dancer★ 4.2 -
What's Happening!! 1976Maria★ 7.4 -
Sparkle 1976Sparkle★ 7.4 -
Aaron Loves Angela 1975Angela★ 4.3 -
Kojak 1973Amy★ 7 -
The Electric Company 1971Iris - Member of the Short Circus★ 7.1 -
Love of Life 1951Daisy Allen★ 5
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