Irene Cara
Acting • Born 1959-03-18 – Died 2022-11-25
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.
Filmography
36 credits
Fame
Movie • 1980
Coco Hernandez
Sparkle
Movie • 1976
Sparkle
Happily Ever After
Movie • 1989
Snow White (voice)
City Heat
Movie • 1984
Ginny Lee
Bring Back... Fame
Movie • 2008
Self
Certain Fury
Movie • 1985
Tracy
Busted Up
Movie • 1986
Simone
Aaron Loves Angela
Movie • 1975
Angela
Caged in Paradiso
Movie • 1989
Eva
D.C. Cab
Movie • 1983
Irene Cara
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Movie • 1983
Myrlie Evers
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Movie • 2007
Self
On Location with: FAME
Movie • 1980
Self - ‘Coco’
Style Wars
Movie • 1984
Self
Sister, Sister
Movie • 1982
Sissy Lovejoy
Killing 'em Softly
Movie • 1982
Jane
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Movie • 2006
Self
Apple Pie
Movie • 1976
Dancer
What's Happening!!
TV • 1976
Maria
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
TV • 2005
Self
Solid Gold
TV • 1980
Self
Love of Life
TV • 1951
Daisy Allen
Kojak
TV • 1973
Amy
The Electric Company
TV • 1971
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Bertha Palmer Haley
Where Are They Now?
TV • 1999
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV • 1980
Alice Jefferson
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
TV • 1980
Self
Gone Country
TV • 2008
Self
Die ultimative Chartshow
TV • 2003
Self
Show-Express
TV • 1980
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
4 gegen Willi
TV • 1986
Self
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Bertha Palmer (archive footage)