Irene Cara

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Birth Name: Irene Cara Escalera

Born: 18 March 1959 Died: 25 November 2022

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 4"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Conrad Palmisano

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Gone, but not forgotten (2176 items)
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Favorite American Female Singers (39 items)
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Published 12 years, 6 months ago

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Black Hollywood Archive Actress (395 items)
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Published 8 years, 11 months ago

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Published 11 years ago

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♫ A little bit of '83 (43 items)
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Published 12 years, 7 months ago

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Irene Cara - Fame 1982

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IRENE CARA - OUT HERE ON MY OWN (from FAME)

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Hot Lunch Jam - Fame the Musical

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Description: Irene Cara was an American singer and actress. Cara 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 number 1 in several countries. In 1983, Cara sang and co-wrote the song "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 res ... (more)

Tags: Singer (2), Died 2022 (1), Dance (1), Unidisc (1), Born In New York City (1), Flash Dance (1), Born March 18 (1), Born In New York (1), Died Aged 63 (1), Born 1959 (1), Actress (1), American (1), Casablanca (1), Pop (1), Usa (1), Disco (1), Rock (1)

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