Irene Cara
March 18, 1959 (65 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
Credits
- 2008 · Bring Back... Fame as Self
- 2008 · Gone Country as Self
- 2007 · Disco Explosion - Flash Back as Self
- 2006 · Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 as Self
- 2005 · Hit Me, Baby, One More Time as Self
- 2003 · Die ultimative Chartshow as Self
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 1994 · The Jungle King as Leonette
- 1992 · Beauty and the Beast as Beauty (voice)
- 1992 · The Magic Voyage as Marilyn (voice)
- 1989 · Happily Ever After as Snow White (voice)
- 1989 · Caged in Paradiso as Eva
- 1986 · 4 gegen Willi as Self
- 1986 · Busted Up as Simone
- 1985 · Certain Fury as Tracy
- 1984 · City Heat as Ginny Lee
- 1984 · Style Wars as Self
- 1983 · D.C. Cab as Irene Cara
- 1983 · For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Myrlie Evers
- 1982 · Killing 'em Softly as Jane
- 1982 · Sister, Sister as Sissy Lovejoy
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Show-Express as Self
- 1980 · Solid Gold as Self
- 1980 · Fame as Coco
- 1980 · Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Alice Jefferson
- 1980 · Verstehen Sie Spaß? as Self
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Bertha Palmer Haley
- 1976 · Apple Pie as Dancer
- 1976 · What's Happening!! as Maria
- 1976 · Sparkle as Sparkle
- 1975 · Aaron Loves Angela as Angela
- 1973 · Kojak as Amy
- 1971 · The Electric Company as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1951 · Love of Life as Daisy Allen
- Future · On Location with: FAME as Self - ‘Coco’