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Irene Cara
Actor, Additional Credits
Born March 18, 1959Died November 25, 2022 (63 years)
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.
Cara rose to fame as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 film Fame, and the hit song "Fame" spawned from the movie.
Filmography
| 2018 | Whitney · as Sparkle |
| 2015 | Whitney · as Sparkle |
| 1994 | The Jungle King · as Leonette |
| 1992 | Beauty and the Beast · as Beauty |
| 1992 | The Magic Voyage · as Marilyn |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire (TV Series) · as Celine Bird |
| 1989 | Happily Ever After · as Snow White (voice) |
| 1989 | Caged in Paradiso · as Eva |
| 1987 | Bustin' Loose (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1986 | Busted Up · as Simone |
| 1985 | Certain Fury · as Tracy |
| 1984 | City Heat · as Ginny Lee |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers · as Myrlie Evers |
| 1982 | Killing 'em Softly · as Jane |
| 1982 | Sister, Sister · as Sissy Lovejoy |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Myrlie Evers |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones · as Alice Jefferson |
| 1980 | Fame · as Coco Hernandez |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (TV Series) · as Alice Jefferson |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations (TV Series) · as Bertha Palmer Haley |
| 1976 | What's Happening!! (TV Series) · as Maria |
| 1976 | Sparkle · as Sparkle |
| 1975 | Apple Pie · as Dancer |
| 1975 | Aaron Loves Angela · as Angela |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Amy |
| 1971 | The Electric Company (TV Series) · as Iris - Member Of The Short Circus |
| 1951 | Love of Life (TV Series) · as Daisy Allen |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) |