Irene Cara
ActingMarch 18, 1959 (63 years old at death)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.
Movies
8.2
Movie
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006
7.5
Movie
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
7.4
Movie
Sparkle
1976
7.4
Movie
Style Wars
1984
6.5
Movie
Busted Up
1986
6.4
Movie
Fame
1980
6.0
Movie
Caged in Paradiso
1989
6.0
Movie
The Jungle King
1994
5.7
Movie
Happily Ever After
1989
5.5
Movie
City Heat
1984
5.2
Movie
D.C. Cab
1983
5.1
Movie
Certain Fury
1985
TV Shows
7.5
TV
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
7.5
TV
Where Are They Now?
1999
7.5
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.4
TV
What's Happening!!
1976
7.2
TV
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
7.1
TV
Kojak
1973
7.1
TV
The Electric Company
1971
6.3
TV
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.0
TV
Solid Gold
1980
5.3
TV
Wetten, dass..?
1981
3.8
TV
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
TV
Gone Country
2008