Graamy Award-winning singer Irene Cara has passed away. Irene Cara Escalera (born March 18, 1959 – died November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress. Cara sang and co-wrote the song "Flashdance… What a Feeling" (from the movie Flashdance), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Cara is also known for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 film Fame and for recording the film's title song, Fame. Prior to her success in Fame, Cara played the title character named Sparkle Williams in the original 1976 musical drama film Sparkle.
Irene Cara Escalera was born on March 18, 1959 in the USA. At the age of three, Irene Cara was one of the five finalists for the Miss America Child pageant. Irene Cara studied music, acting and dance.
He made his debut in The Original Amateur Hour. The 1980 movie Fame, directed by Alan Parker, brought Irene Cara to fame. He was nominated for a Grammy twice for Fame. In 2, he won both a Grammy and an Oscar for the soundtrack of the movie Flashdance. In 1984, Cara starred as herself in the movie DC Cab, about a group of taxi drivers.
Cara married stuntman and film director Conrad Palmisano in Los Angeles in April 1986. They divorced in 1991.
ALBUMS OF IRENA CARA
- 1982 Anyone Can See
- 1983 What a Feelin'
- 1987 Carasmatic
- 2011 Irene Cara Presents Hot Caramel
FILMS WITH IRENA CARA
- 1975 Aaron Loves Angela
- 1976 bright
- 1976 Apple Pie
- 1980 fame
- 1982 Kill Them Softly
- 1982 Sister
- 1983 DC Cabinet
- 1984 City Heat
- 1985 certain outrage
- 1986 Raid
- In the cage at Paradiso, 1989
- 1990 happily ever after
- 1992 Beauty and the Beast
- 1992 Magic Journey
- 1994 Jungle King
- 1995 Taking Action Beyond Awareness: Ending Women's Abuse
- 1996 The hunchback of Notre Dame
- 2004 Downtown: A Street Story
WHY DID IRENA CARA LOSE LIFE?
Irena Cara, the owner of the soundtracks for films such as Fame and Flashdance, which left their mark on the 80s, passed away at the age of 63. Her manager announced that Cara died at her home in Florida.
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