Irene Cara
Acting Born: 1959-03-18 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
Sparkle
Certain Fury
City Heat
Apple Pie
Busted Up
Beauty and the Beast
Sister, Sister
D.C. Cab
Happily Ever After
The Jungle King
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Killing 'em Softly
Bring Back... Fame
On Location with: FAME
Aaron Loves Angela
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Style Wars
Caged in Paradiso
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations
Champs-Elysées
Kojak
Where Are They Now?
Wetten, dass..?
Solid Gold
Die ultimative Chartshow
The Electric Company
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
What's Happening!!
Love of Life
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Show-Express
Gone Country
4 gegen Willi
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time