Irene Cara
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1959-03-18
- Died
- 2022-11-25
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Fame (1980)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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.
Known for
- Bring Back... Fame — Self2008
- Gone Country — Self2008
- Disco Explosion - Flash Back — Self2007
- Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1 — Self2006
- Hit Me, Baby, One More Time — Self2005
- Die ultimative Chartshow — Self2003
- Where Are They Now? — Self1999
- Happily Ever After — Snow White (voice)1989
- Caged in Paradiso — Eva1989
- Busted Up — Simone1986
via TMDB
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Irene Cara (born on March 18, 1959 in New York City, NY, died November 26, 2022 in Largo, FL) was an American singer, Academy Award-winning songwriter and actress of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing Flashdance...What a Feeling. She is best known for her recordings of the songs Fame and Flashdance... What a Feeling. She also starred in the 1980 film version of Fame. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/I
Key facts
- Born
- Irene Cara Escalera , ( 1959-03-18 ) March 18, 1959, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25) (aged 63), Largo, Florida , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer actress
- Years active
- 1967–2011
- Known for
- Sparkle Williams – Sparkle Coco Hernandez – Fame
- Spouse
- Conrad Palmisano ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1991 )
- Genres
- R&B pop disco
- Instruments
- Vocals
- Labels
- RSO Network Epic Geffen Elektra
- Website
- irenecara .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 18 March 1959
- Died
- 25 November 2022
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Irene
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Largo
- Spouse
- Conrad Palmisano
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- English language
Article
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No. 1 in several countries. In 1983, Cara co-wrote and sang the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from the film Flashdance), for which she shared an Academy Award for Best Original Song and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984.
Before her success with Fame, Cara portrayed the title character Sparkle Williams in the original 1976 musical drama film Sparkle. Cara died as a result of hypertensive heart disease after hypercholesterolemia at age 63.
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1959 births2022 deaths20th-century African-American women singers20th-century American actresses20th-century American pianists20th-century American singer-songwriters20th-century American women pianists20th-century American women singers21st-century African-American women singers21st-century American pianists21st-century American women pianists