Irene Cara

Actress

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.

Born: March 18, 1959 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died: November 25, 2022 (Age 63)

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Irene Cara Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Killing 'em Softly Movie	5.2	Actress	Jane	1982
Aaron Loves Angela Movie	5.6	Actress	Angela	1975
City Heat Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	5.3	Actress	Ginny Lee	1984
Fame Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	6.7	Actress	Coco	1980
Happily Ever After Movie	5.8	Actress	Snow White (voice)	1989
Caged in Paradiso Movie	3.2	Actress	Eva	1989
Sparkle Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	6.9	Actress	Sparkle	1976
Certain Fury Movie	5.1	Actress	Tracy	1985
Busted Up Movie	4.5	Actress	Simone	1986
The Magic Voyage Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	3.3	Actress	Marilyn (voice)	1992
D.C. Cab Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	5.7	Actress	Irene Cara	1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers Movie	7.1	Actress	Myrlie Evers	1983
Beauty and the Beast Movie	5	Actress	Beauty (voice)	1992
The Jungle King Movie	5.1	Actress	Leonette	1994
Disco Explosion - Flash Back Movie		Actress	Self	2007
Apple Pie Movie	4.9	Actress	Dancer	1976
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 Movie		Actress	Self	2006
The Electric Company TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.9	Actress	Iris - Member of the Short Circus 780 Episodes	1971-1977
Love of Life TV Show	7.2	Actress	Daisy Allen 219 Episodes	1951-1980
Solid Gold TV Show	6.5	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1980-2002
What's Happening!! TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Actress	Maria 1 Episode	1976-1979
Kojak TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Actress	Amy 1 Episode	1973-1978
Verstehen Sie Spaß? TV Show	5.1	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1980
Die ultimative Chartshow TV Show	3.6	Actress	Self 1 Episode	2003
VH-1 Where Are They Now? TV Show	7.2	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1999-2004
Wetten, dass..? TV Show	5.9	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1981
Champs-Elysées TV Show		Actress	Self 1 Episode	1982-2013
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time TV Show	7.2	Actress	Self 1 Episode	2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.3	Actress	Self 1 Episode	1962-1992
Show-Express TV Show		Actress	Self 1 Episode	1980-1982
4 gegen Willi TV Show		Actress	Self 1 Episode	1986-1989
Gone Country TV Show	6.9	Actress	Self 7 Episodes	2008-2009
On Location with: FAME Short Film	6.8	Actress	Self - ‘Coco’	1980
Style Wars Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	7.9	Actress	Self	1983
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.3	Actress	Alice Jefferson 2 Episodes	1980
Sister, Sister Movie	7.6	Actress	Sissy Lovejoy	1982
Bring Back... Fame Movie	7.9	Actress	Self	2008
Roots: The Next Generations Limited Series Available on 7 streaming services.	7.6	Actress	Bertha Palmer Haley 7 Episodes	1979-1979
Going Bananas TV Show	5.4	Sound	Theme Song Performance 12 Episodes	1984-1984
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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