Irene Cara

★ Acting #18,626

1959 - 2022 (age 63) • Acting

Born: 3/18/1959 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 11/25/2022 (age 63)

Known for: Acting

Irene Cara

★ Acting #18,626

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.

Known For

Flashdance

65%

Songs

1983

All Dogs Go to Heaven

68%

Theme Song Performance

1989

Fame

64%

Coco Hernandez

1980

City Heat

55%

Ginny Lee

1984

Kojak

73%

Amy

1973

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Self

1962

Happily Ever After

58%

Snow White (voice)

1989

Roots: The Next Generations

75%

Bertha Palmer Haley / Bertha Palmer (archive footage)

1979

Bring Back... Fame

Self

2008

Gone Country

Self

2008

Disco Explosion - Flash Back

75%

Self

2007

Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1

82%

Self

2006

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

100%

Self

2005

Die ultimative Chartshow

63%

Self

2003

Where Are They Now?

75%

Self

1999

All Dogs Go to Heaven

68%

Theme Song Performance

1989

Happily Ever After

58%

Snow White (voice)

1989

Caged in Paradiso

50%

Eva

1989

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief

Self

1989

4 gegen Willi

Self

1986

Busted Up

65%

Simone

1986

Busted Up

65%

Songs

1986

Certain Fury

51%

Tracy

1985

City Heat

55%

Ginny Lee

1984

City Heat

55%

Songs

1984

Going Bananas

75%

Theme Song Performance

1984

Style Wars

75%

Self

1984

D.C. Cab

52%

Irene Cara

1983

Flashdance

65%

Songs

1983

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

70%

Myrlie Evers

1983

Killing 'em Softly

90%

Jane

1982

Trans

Songs

1982

Sister, Sister

75%

Sissy Lovejoy

1982

Champs-Elysées

68%

Self

1982

Wetten, dass..?

56%

Self

1981

On Location with: FAME

67%

Self - ‘Coco’

1980