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.
Bring Back... Fame
Self
2008
Gone Country
Self · (7 episodes)
2008
Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Self
2007
Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
Self
2006
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Die ultimative Chartshow
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Where Are They Now?
Self · (1 episode)
1999
The Jungle King
Leonette
1994
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty (voice)
1992
The Magic Voyage
Marilyn (voice)
1992
Happily Ever After
Snow White (voice)
1989
Caged in Paradiso
Eva
1989
4 gegen Willi
Self · (1 episode)
1986
Busted Up
Simone
1986
Certain Fury
Tracy
1985
City Heat
Ginny Lee
1984
Style Wars
Self
1984
D.C. Cab
Irene Cara
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Myrlie Evers
1983
Killing 'em Softly
Jane
1982
Sister, Sister
Sissy Lovejoy
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Wetten, dass..?
Self · (1 episode)
1981
Show-Express
Self · (1 episode)
1980
Solid Gold
Self · (1 episode)
1980
Fame
Coco
1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Alice Jefferson · (2 episodes)
1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self · (1 episode)
1980
Roots: The Next Generations
Bertha Palmer Haley · (7 episodes)
1979
Apple Pie
Dancer
1976
What's Happening!!
Maria · (1 episode)
1976
Sparkle
Sparkle
1976
Aaron Loves Angela
Angela
1975
On Location with: FAME
Self - ‘Coco’
Kojak
Amy · (1 episode)
1973
The Electric Company
Iris - Member of the Short Circus · (780 episodes)
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962
Love of Life
Daisy Allen · (219 episodes)
1951