Irene Cara
ActingIrene 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
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Disco Explosion - Flash Back
2007
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Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
2006
Snow White (voice)
Happily Ever After
1989
Eva
Caged in Paradiso
1989
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Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989
Simone
Busted Up
1986
Tracy
Certain Fury
1985
Ginny Lee
City Heat
1984
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Style Wars
1984
Irene Cara
D.C. Cab
1983
Myrlie Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Jane
Killing 'em Softly
1982
Sissy Lovejoy
Sister, Sister
1982
Coco Hernandez
Fame
1980
Dancer
Apple Pie
1976
Sparkle
Sparkle
1976
Angela
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
TV Shows
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Gone Country
2008
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Champs-Elysées
1982
Myrlie Evans
American Playhouse
1982
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Wetten, dass..?
1981
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Solid Gold
1980
Alice Jefferson
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
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Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
Bertha Palmer Haley
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Maria
What's Happening!!
1976
Amy
Kojak
1973
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
The Electric Company
1971
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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