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Irene Cara

Irene Cara

ActingBorn: March 18, 1959in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USADied: November 25, 2022

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.

Bring Back... Fame

as Self

Gone Country

Gone Country

as Self

Disco Explosion - Flash Back

Disco Explosion - Flash Back

as Self

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

as Self

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

as Self

Die ultimative Chartshow

as Self

Where Are They Now?

1999Documentary

as Self

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

as Snow White (voice)

Caged in Paradiso

Caged in Paradiso

as Eva

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief

1989Documentary

as Self

4 gegen Willi

as Self

Busted Up

Busted Up

as Simone

Certain Fury

Certain Fury

as Tracy

City Heat

City Heat

as Ginny Lee

Style Wars

Style Wars

as Self

D.C. Cab

D.C. Cab

as Irene Cara

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Fandango At Home

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

as Myrlie Evers

Killing 'em Softly

Killing 'em Softly

as Jane

Sister, Sister

Sister, Sister

as Sissy Lovejoy

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

as Self

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

as Myrlie Evans

Wetten, dass..?

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

On Location with: FAME

1980Documentary

as Self - ‘Coco’

Show-Express

as Self

Solid Gold

Solid Gold

as Self

Fame

Fame

as Coco Hernandez

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

as Alice Jefferson

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

as Self

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

as Bertha Palmer Haley

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)

Apple Pie

Fandango At Home

Apple Pie

as Dancer

What's Happening!!

What's Happening!!

as Maria

Sparkle

Sparkle

as Sparkle

Aaron Loves Angela

Aaron Loves Angela

as Angela

Kojak

Kojak

as Amy

The Electric Company

The Electric Company

as Iris - Member of the Short Circus

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Peacock Premium

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Love of Life

as Daisy Allen