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Irene Cara
Irene Cara

Irene Cara

ActingBorn March 18, 1959Died November 25, 2022 (age 63)The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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

2008Movie
2008TV
1999TV
1989
Happily Ever After

as Snow White (voice)

Movie
1989Movie
1986TV
1986
Busted Up

as Simone

Movie
1985
Certain Fury

as Tracy

Movie
1984
City Heat

as Ginny Lee

Movie
1984
Style Wars

as Self

Movie
1983
D.C. Cab

as Irene Cara

Movie
1982Movie
1982
Sister, Sister

as Sissy Lovejoy

Movie
1982TV
1981TV
1980
On Location with: FAME

as Self - ‘Coco’

Movie
1980TV
1980
Solid Gold

as Self

TV
1980
Fame

as Coco Hernandez

Movie
1979
Roots: The Next Generations

as Bertha Palmer Haley

TV
1979
Roots: The Next Generations

as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)

TV
1976
Apple Pie

as Dancer

Movie
1976TV
1976
Sparkle

as Sparkle

Movie
1975Movie
1973
Kojak

as Amy

TV
1971
The Electric Company

as Iris - Member of the Short Circus

TV
1951
Love of Life

as Daisy Allen

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 18, 1959
Day of DeathNovember 25, 2022
Place of BirthThe Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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