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.
Acting
Movie
Fame
as Coco Hernandez
1980
Movie
City Heat
as Ginny Lee
1984
TV
Kojak
as Amy
1973
Movie
D.C. Cab
as Irene Cara
1983
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
Style Wars
as Self
1984
Movie
Happily Ever After
as Snow White (voice)
1989
TV
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bertha Palmer Haley
1979
TV
Roots: The Next Generations
as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
1979
TV
What's Happening!!
as Maria
1976
Movie
Certain Fury
as Tracy
1985
TV
The Electric Company
as Iris - Member of the Short Circus
1971
Movie
Sparkle
as Sparkle
1976
TV
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Alice Jefferson
1980
TV
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
TV
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Movie
Apple Pie
as Dancer
1976
TV
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self
1980
Movie
Aaron Loves Angela
as Angela
1975
Movie
Busted Up
as Simone
1986
TV
Solid Gold
as Self
1980
Movie
Caged in Paradiso
as Eva
1989
Movie
On Location with: FAME
as Self - ‘Coco’
1980
TV
Love of Life
as Daisy Allen
1951
