Irene Cara
Acting
1959-03-18 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Bring Back... Fame
2008 · Movie
Gone Country
2008 · Series
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007 · Movie
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006 · Movie
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
2005 · Series
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003 · Series
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Series
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Movie
Happily Ever After
1989 · Movie
Caged in Paradiso
1989 · Movie
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989 · Movie
4 gegen Willi
1986 · Series
Busted Up
1986 · Movie
Certain Fury
1985 · Movie
City Heat
1984 · Movie
Going Bananas
1984 · Series
Style Wars
1984 · Movie
D.C. Cab
1983 · Movie
Flashdance
1983 · Movie
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · Movie
Killing 'em Softly
1982 · Movie
Trans
1982 · Movie
Sister, Sister
1982 · Movie
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Series
On Location with: FAME
1980 · Movie
Show-Express
1980 · Series
Solid Gold
1980 · Series
Fame
1980 · Movie
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · Series
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980 · Series
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Series
Apple Pie
1976 · Movie
What's Happening!!
1976 · Series
Sparkle
1976 · Movie
Aaron Loves Angela
1975 · Movie
Kojak
1973 · Series
The Electric Company
1971 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series