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Born · March 18, 1959
Died · November 25, 2022 (63 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Self
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2008
Self · (7 episodes)
0.0
2008
Self
7.5
2007
Self
8.2
2006
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2005
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
2003
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1999
Leonette
6.0
1994
Beauty (voice)
6.0
1992
Marilyn (voice)
4.9
1992
Snow White (voice)
5.6
1989
Eva
6.0
1989
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1986
Simone
6.5
1986
Tracy
5.2
1985
Ginny Lee
5.5
1984
Self
7.4
1984
Irene Cara
5.3
1983
Myrlie Evers
0.0
1983
Jane
0.0
1982
Sissy Lovejoy
0.0
1982
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
1982
Self · (1 episode)
5.3
1981
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1980
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1980
Coco
6.4
1980
Alice Jefferson · (2 episodes)
7.2
1980
Self · (1 episode)
3.8
1980
Bertha Palmer Haley · (7 episodes)
7.4
1979
Dancer
5.3
1976
Maria · (1 episode)
7.5
1976
Sparkle
7.6
1976
Angela
5.0
1975
Self - ‘Coco’
0.0
Amy · (1 episode)
7.0
1973
Iris - Member of the Short Circus · (780 episodes)
7.1
1971
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
Daisy Allen · (219 episodes)
5.0
1951