Irene Cara
Actor
18 March 1959 — 25 November 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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2018 | Whitney · as Sparkle |
| 2015 | Whitney · as Sparkle |
| 1994 | The Jungle King · as LeonetteOn Plex |
| 1992 | Beauty and the Beast · as Beauty |
| 1992 | The Magic Voyage · as MarilynOn Plex |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire · as Celine Bird |
| 1989 | Happily Ever After · as Snow White (voice) |
| 1989 | Caged in Paradiso · as EvaOn Plex |
| 1987 | Bustin' Loose · as Cast |
| 1986 | Busted Up · as Simone |
| 1985 | Certain Fury · as TracyOn Plex |
| 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 · as Myrlie Evers |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones · as Alice JeffersonOn Plex |
| 1980 | Fame · as Coco Hernandez |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones · as Alice Jefferson |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations · as Bertha Palmer Haley |
| 1976 | What's Happening!! · as Maria |
| 1976 | Sparkle · as Sparkle |
| 1975 | Apple Pie · as Dancer |
| 1975 | Aaron Loves Angela · as Angela |
| 1973 | Kojak · as Amy |
| 1971 | The Electric Company · as Iris - Member Of The Short Circus |
| 1951 | Love of Life · as Daisy Allen |
| 1951 |
| 1984 | Going Bananas · as Theme Song Performance |