Irene Cara
Irene T. Escalera | Irene Cara Escalera | Айрин Кара
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1959-03-18
Place of birth:The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender:Female
Popularity:1
Date of death2022-11-25
63Biography
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
Rating by year
- Disco Explosion - Flash BackSelf2007-03-097.51
- Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1Self2006-10-108.22
- Where Are They Now?Self1999-06-077.52
- Happily Ever AfterSnow White (voice)1989-06-305.959
- Caged in ParadisoEva1989-05-015.03
- Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake ReliefSelf1989-01-310.00
- Busted UpSimone1986-09-106.54
- Certain FuryTracy1985-03-015.226
- City HeatGinny Lee1984-12-075.5213
- Style WarsSelf1984-01-237.560
- D.C. CabIrene Cara1983-12-165.2105
- For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversMyrlie Evers1983-03-227.01
- Killing 'em SoftlyJane1982-12-109.01
- Sister, SisterSissy Lovejoy1982-06-078.01
- On Location with: FAMESelf - ‘Coco’1980-12-316.73
- FameCoco Hernandez1980-05-166.4501
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesAlice Jefferson1980-04-157.322
- Roots: The Next GenerationsBertha Palmer Haley1979-02-187.435
- Roots: The Next GenerationsBertha Palmer (archive footage)1979-02-187.435
- Apple PieDancer1976-08-085.26
- What's Happening!!Maria1976-08-057.430
- SparkleSparkle1976-04-077.523
- Aaron Loves AngelaAngela1975-12-255.45
- KojakAmy1973-10-247.2142
- The Electric CompanyIris - Member of the Short Circus1971-10-257.326