Irene Cara
Acting
🎂 1959-03-18
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.
Cast credits(38)
Self
1962
Self
1982
Self
1981
Amy
1973
Self
1980
Self
1999
Self
1980
Daisy Allen
1951
Coco
1980
Bertha Palmer Haley
1979
Maria
1976
Self - ‘Coco’
Sparkle
1976
Iris - Member of the Short Circus
1971
Self
2003
Irene Cara
1983
Ginny Lee
1984
Snow White (voice)
1989
Alice Jefferson
1980
Self
2008
Tracy
1985
Self
2007
Beauty (voice)
1992
Self
1984
Marilyn (voice)
1992
Myrlie Evers
1983
Leonette
1994
Self
1980
Eva
1989
Self
1986
Angela
1975
Self
2005
Sissy Lovejoy
1982
Self
2008
Dancer
1976
Jane
1982
Simone
1986
Self
2006
