Irene Cara
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Fame
1980
Sparkle
1976
Happily Ever After
1989
City Heat
1984
Bring Back... Fame
2008
Certain Fury
1985
Busted Up
1986
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
Caged in Paradiso
1989
D.C. Cab
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
On Location with: FAME
1980
Style Wars
1984
Sister, Sister
1982
Killing 'em Softly
1982
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006
Apple Pie
1976
What's Happening!!
1976
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
2005
Solid Gold
1980
Love of Life
1951
Kojak
1973
The Electric Company
1971
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Where Are They Now?
1999
Wetten, dass..?
1981
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
Gone Country
2008
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003
Show-Express
1980
Champs-Elysées
1982
4 gegen Willi
1986
Roots: The Next Generations
1979