Irene Cara

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.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

1982 • as Self

The Electric Company

The Electric Company

1971 • as Iris - Member of the Short Circus

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

1980 • as Self

Die ultimative Chartshow

Die ultimative Chartshow

2003 • as Self

Wetten, dass..?

Wetten, dass..?

1981 • as Self

Filmography

2008

Movie
Bring Back... Fame
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/27/2008
Gone Country
Gone Country
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/2008

2007

Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/9/2007

2006

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/10/2006

2005

TV
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
as Self
TV - Released: 4/2/2005

2003

Die ultimative Chartshow
Die ultimative Chartshow
as Self
TV - Released: 5/21/2003

1999

TV
Where Are They Now?
as Self
TV - Released: 6/7/1999

1994

The Jungle King
The Jungle King
as Leonette
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994

1992

The Magic Voyage
The Magic Voyage
as Marilyn (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/9/1992
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
as Beauty (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/4/1992

1989

Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/30/1989
Caged in Paradiso
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva
Movie - Released: 5/1/1989

1986

Busted Up
Busted Up
as Simone
Movie - Released: 9/10/1986
TV
4 gegen Willi
as Self
TV - Released: 10/11/1986

1985

Certain Fury
Certain Fury
as Tracy
Movie - Released: 3/1/1985

1984

City Heat
City Heat
as Ginny Lee
Movie - Released: 12/7/1984
Style Wars
Style Wars
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/23/1984

1983

D.C. Cab
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara
Movie - Released: 12/16/1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Myrlie Evers
Movie - Released: 3/22/1983

1982

Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister
as Sissy Lovejoy
Movie - Released: 6/7/1982
Killing 'em Softly
Killing 'em Softly
as Jane
Movie - Released: 12/10/1982
Champs-Elysées
Champs-Elysées
as Self
TV - Released: 1/16/1982

1981

Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
TV - Released: 2/14/1981

1980

Fame
Fame
as Coco
Movie - Released: 5/16/1980
Solid Gold
Solid Gold
as Self
TV - Released: 9/13/1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Alice Jefferson
TV - Released: 4/15/1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self
TV - Released: 1/31/1980
TV
Show-Express
as Self
TV - Released: 9/25/1980

1979

Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bertha Palmer Haley
TV - Released: 2/18/1979

1976

Sparkle
Sparkle
as Sparkle
Movie - Released: 4/7/1976
Apple Pie
Apple Pie
as Dancer
Movie - Released: 8/8/1976
What's Happening!!
What's Happening!!
as Maria
TV - Released: 8/5/1976

1975

Aaron Loves Angela
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela
Movie - Released: 12/25/1975

1973

Kojak
Kojak
as Amy
TV - Released: 10/24/1973

1971

The Electric Company
The Electric Company
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
TV - Released: 10/25/1971

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1951

TV
Love of Life
as Daisy Allen
TV - Released: 9/24/1951

Unknown

Movie
On Location with: FAME
as Self - ‘Coco’
Movie