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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Bring Back... Fame
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2008
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/2007
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Character:Self
Release Date:10/10/2006
The Jungle King
Character:Leonette
Release Date:01/01/1994
Beauty and the Beast
Character:Beauty (voice)
Release Date:04/05/1992
Happily Ever After
Character:Snow White (voice)
Release Date:30/06/1989
Caged in Paradiso
Character:Eva
Release Date:01/05/1989
Busted Up
Character:Simone
Release Date:10/09/1986
Certain Fury
Character:Tracy
Release Date:01/03/1985
City Heat
Character:Ginny Lee
Release Date:07/12/1984
Style Wars
Character:Self
Release Date:23/01/1984
D.C. Cab
Character:Irene Cara
Release Date:16/12/1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Character:Myrlie Evers
Release Date:22/03/1983
Killing 'em Softly
Character:Jane
Release Date:10/12/1982
Sister, Sister
Character:Sissy Lovejoy
Release Date:07/06/1982
Fame
Character:Coco
Release Date:16/05/1980
Apple Pie
Character:Dancer
Release Date:08/08/1976
Sparkle
Character:Sparkle
Release Date:07/04/1976
Aaron Loves Angela
Character:Angela
Release Date:25/12/1975
Television Appearances
Gone Country
Character:Self
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
Character:Self
Die ultimative Chartshow
Character:Self
Where Are They Now?
Character:Self
4 gegen Willi
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Show-Express
Character:Self
Solid Gold
Character:Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Character:Alice Jefferson
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Character:Self
Roots: The Next Generations
Character:Bertha Palmer Haley
Roots: The Next Generations
Character:Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
What's Happening!!
Character:Maria
Kojak
Character:Amy
The Electric Company
Character:Iris - Member of the Short Circus
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Love of Life
Character:Daisy Allen
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