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Irene Cara
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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
- 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
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1959
- Active to
- 2022
Discography
- Esta es Irene1968
- Fame1980
- Anyone Can See1982
- Breakdance1983
- Flashdance… What a Feeling1983
- Flashdance...What A Feeling1983
- What a Feelin’1983
- What a Feeling1983
- Why Me?1983
- The Dream1984
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- Listeners
- 886,424
- Total plays
- 5,806,649
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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
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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
- dancer
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- film
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Geffen Records
- Official website
- irenecara.com
- Image
- Irene Cara (1987 Elektra publicity photo) (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Miami
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- date of birth
- 1959-03-18
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- birth name
- Irene Cara Escalera
- name in native language
- Irene Cara
- social media followers
- 15574
- writing language
- English language
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- date of death
- 2022-11-25
- end of work period
- 2011-00-00
- periodical archive URL
- hotnewstrending.com/irene-cara-death
- Commons category
- Irene Cara
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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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