Irene Cara
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.
Also Known As
Irene T. Escalera, Irene Cara Escalera, Айрин Кара, Ирен Кара
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Irene Cara's Movies
Fame
16 May 1980
City Heat
07 Dec 1984
D.C. Cab
16 Dec 1983
Style Wars
23 Jan 1984
Happily Ever After
30 Jun 1989
Certain Fury
01 Mar 1985
Sparkle
07 Apr 1976
Apple Pie
08 Aug 1976
Aaron Loves Angela
25 Dec 1975
Busted Up
10 Sept 1986
Caged in Paradiso
01 May 1989
On Location with: FAME
31 Dec 1980
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
10 Oct 2006
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
09 Mar 2007
Bring Back... Fame
27 Dec 2008
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
22 Mar 1983
Sister, Sister
07 Jun 1982
Killing 'em Softly
10 Dec 1982
Irene Cara's TV Shows
Kojak
24 Oct 1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
01 Oct 1962
Roots: The Next Generations
18 Feb 1979
Roots: The Next Generations
18 Feb 1979
What's Happening!!
05 Aug 1976
The Electric Company
25 Oct 1971
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
15 Apr 1980
Wetten, dass..?
14 Feb 1981
Champs-Elysées
16 Jan 1982
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
31 Jan 1980
Solid Gold
13 Sept 1980
Love of Life
24 Sept 1951
Where Are They Now?
07 Jun 1999
Die ultimative Chartshow
21 May 2003
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
02 Apr 2005
Gone Country
25 Jan 2008
Show-Express
25 Sept 1980
4 gegen Willi
11 Oct 1986