Irene Cara
Acting
38 credits
Born
Mar 18, 1959
Died
Nov 25, 2022 (63 years old)
Place of birth
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 (20)
Movie
Sister, Sister
1982
Movie
6.4
Fame
1980
Movie
7.4
Sparkle
1976
Movie
5.5
City Heat
1984
Movie
6.5
Busted Up
1986
Movie
6.0
Beauty and the Beast
1992
Movie
5.7
Happily Ever After
1989
Movie
5.1
Certain Fury
1985
Movie
5.2
D.C. Cab
1983
Movie
4.3
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
Movie
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Movie
Bring Back... Fame
2008
Movie
7.4
Style Wars
1984
Movie
Killing 'em Softly
1982
Movie
6.0
Caged in Paradiso
1989
Movie
6.0
The Jungle King
1994
Movie
6.0
On Location with: FAME
Movie
4.2
Apple Pie
1976
Shows (18)
Show
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Show
5.3
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Show
6.3
Champs-Elysées
1982
Show
7.1
Kojak
1973
Show
5.0
Love of Life
1951
Show
7.1
The Electric Company
1971
Show
7.5
Where Are They Now?
1999
Show
6.0
Solid Gold
1980
Show
3.8
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
Show
5.0
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003
Show
7.4
What's Happening!!
1976
Show
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Show
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Show
7.2
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Show
Gone Country
2008
Show
Show-Express
1980
Show
4 gegen Willi
1986
Show
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
2005
