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Irene Cara

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, 1959-03-18

Died: 2022-11-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Aaron Loves Angela	Angela	50
2	1976	Sparkle	Sparkle	77
3	1976	Apple Pie	Dancer	42
4	1980	Fame	Coco	64
5	1982	Sister, Sister	Sissy Lovejoy	0
6	1982	Killing 'em Softly	Jane	0
7	1983	For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers	Myrlie Evers	0
8	1983	D.C. Cab	Irene Cara	53
9	1984	Style Wars	Self	74
10	1984	City Heat	Ginny Lee	55
11	1985	Certain Fury	Tracy	50
12	1986	Busted Up	Simone	65
13	1989	Caged in Paradiso	Eva	60
14	1989	Happily Ever After	Snow White (voice)	56
15	1992	The Magic Voyage	Marilyn (voice)	47
16	1992	Beauty and the Beast	Beauty (voice)	60
17	1994	The Jungle King	Leonette	60
18	2006	Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1	Self	82
19	2007	Disco Explosion - Flash Back	Self	75
20	2008	Bring Back... Fame	Self	0
21		On Location with: FAME	Self - ‘Coco’	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Love of Life	Daisy Allen	50
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
3	1971	The Electric Company	Iris - Member of the Short Circus	71
4	1973	Kojak	Amy	70
5	1976	What's Happening!!	Maria	75
6	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Bertha Palmer Haley	75
7	1980	Verstehen Sie Spaß?	Self	38
8	1980	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	Alice Jefferson	72
9	1980	Solid Gold	Self	60
10	1980	Show-Express	Self	0
11	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
12	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
13	1986	4 gegen Willi	Self	0
14	1999	Where Are They Now?	Self	75
15	2003	Die ultimative Chartshow	Self	50
16	2005	Hit Me, Baby, One More Time	Self	0
17	2008	Gone Country	Self	0