Irene Cara

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Irene Cara

Acting March 18, 1959

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Flashdance

Flashdance

6.5 1983 Movie
All Dogs Go to Heaven

All Dogs Go to Heaven

6.8 1989 Movie
Fame

Fame

6.4 1980 Movie
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

6.8 1982 TV Show
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
Kojak

Kojak

7.3 1973 TV Show
The Electric Company

The Electric Company

7.3 1971 TV Show
Wetten, dass..?

Wetten, dass..?

5.6 1981 TV Show
City Heat

City Heat

5.5 1984 Movie
D.C. Cab

D.C. Cab

5.2 1983 Movie
Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

7.5 1979 TV Show

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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.

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  1. 2008
    Bring Back... Fame

    Movie Self

  2. 2008
    Gone Country

    TV show Self

  3. 2007
    Disco Explosion - Flash Back

    Movie Self

  4. 2006
    Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

    Movie Self

  5. 2005
    Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

    TV show Self

  6. 2003
    Die ultimative Chartshow

    TV show Self

  7. 1999
    Where Are They Now?

    TV show Self

  8. 1989
    All Dogs Go to Heaven

    Movie Theme Song Performance

  9. 1989
    Happily Ever After

    Movie Snow White (voice)

  10. 1989
    Caged in Paradiso

    Movie Eva

  11. 1989
    Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief

    Movie Self

  12. 1986
    4 gegen Willi

    TV show Self

  13. 1986
    Busted Up

    Movie Simone

  14. 1986
    The Longshot

    Movie Theme Song Performance

  15. 1985
    Certain Fury

    Movie Tracy

  16. 1984
    City Heat

    Movie Ginny Lee

More credits
  1. 1984
    Going Bananas

    TV show Theme Song Performance

  2. 1984
    Style Wars

    Movie Self

  3. 1983
    D.C. Cab

    Movie Irene Cara

  4. 1983
    Flashdance

    Movie Songs

  5. 1983
    For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

    Movie Myrlie Evers

  6. 1982
    Killing 'em Softly

    Movie Jane

  7. 1982
    Trans

    Movie Songs

  8. 1982
    Sister, Sister

    Movie Sissy Lovejoy

  9. 1982
    Champs-Elysées

    TV show Self

  10. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Myrlie Evans

  11. 1981
    Wetten, dass..?

    TV show Self

  12. 1980
    On Location with: FAME

    Movie Self - ‘Coco’

  13. 1980
    Show-Express

    TV show Self

  14. 1980
    Solid Gold

    TV show Self

  15. 1980
    Fame

    Movie Coco Hernandez

  16. 1980
    Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

    TV show Alice Jefferson

  17. 1980
    Verstehen Sie Spaß?

    TV show Self

  18. 1979
    Roots: The Next Generations

    TV show Bertha Palmer Haley

  19. 1976
    Apple Pie

    Movie Dancer

  20. 1976
    What's Happening!!

    TV show Maria

  21. 1976
    Sparkle

    Movie Sparkle

  22. 1975
    Aaron Loves Angela

    Movie Angela

  23. 1973
    Kojak

    TV show Amy

  24. 1971
    The Electric Company

    TV show Iris - Member of the Short Circus