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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.

Known For

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Self

Bring Back... Fame

2008

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Self

Gone Country

2008

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Self

Disco Explosion - Flash Back

2007

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Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

2006

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Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

2005

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Die ultimative Chartshow

2003

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Self

Where Are They Now?

1999

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Leonette

The Jungle King

1994

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Beauty (voice)

Beauty and the Beast

1992

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Marilyn (voice)

The Magic Voyage

1992

Credits

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Bring Back... Fame

as Self

2008

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Gone Country

as Self

2008

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Disco Explosion - Flash Back

as Self

2007

7.5

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

as Self

2006

8.2

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Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

as Self

2005

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Die ultimative Chartshow

as Self

2003

5.0

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Where Are They Now?

as Self

1999

7.5

The Jungle King

as Leonette

1994

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Beauty and the Beast

as Beauty (voice)

1992

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The Magic Voyage

as Marilyn (voice)

1992

4.7

Happily Ever After

as Snow White (voice)

1989

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Caged in Paradiso

as Eva

1989

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4 gegen Willi

as Self

1986

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Busted Up

as Simone

1986

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Certain Fury

as Tracy

1985

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City Heat

as Ginny Lee

1984

5.5

Style Wars

as Self

1984

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D.C. Cab

as Irene Cara

1983

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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

as Myrlie Evers

1983

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Killing 'em Softly

as Jane

1982

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Sister, Sister

as Sissy Lovejoy

1982

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Champs-Elysées

as Self

1982

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Wetten, dass..?

as Self

1981

5.3

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Show-Express

as Self

1980

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Solid Gold

as Self

1980

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Fame

as Coco

1980

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Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

as Alice Jefferson

1980

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Verstehen Sie Spaß?

as Self

1980

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Roots: The Next Generations

as Bertha Palmer Haley

1979

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Apple Pie

as Dancer

1976

4.2

What's Happening!!

as Maria

1976

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Sparkle

as Sparkle

1976

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Aaron Loves Angela

as Angela

1975

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Kojak

as Amy

1973

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The Electric Company

as Iris - Member of the Short Circus

1971

7.1

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962

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Love of Life

as Daisy Allen

1951

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On Location with: FAME

as Self - ‘Coco’

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