R.I.P. Irene Cara, from Fame and Flashdance
Born in New York, Cara came up in off-Broadway productions before transitioning to TV and film; early credits include a stint in the house band for, and a major part in sprawling TV miniseriesAlready successful, Cara’s career skyrocketed in 1980 when she was cast as Coco Hernandez in Alan Parker’sbringing her talents to bear as the only multi-hyphenate in the Drama, Music, and Dance programs at New York’s High School Of The Performing Arts.
After performing twice at that year’s Oscars —and after declining to return as Coco for theTV show—Cara continued to pursue both her acting and music careers. Although she appeared in a number of films throughout the period, her greatest success came off-camera in 1983, when she co-wrote and performed “Flashdance…What A Feeling.” A year later, she’d have both an Oscar and a Grammy on her mantle, honoring the song’s infectious melodic synths, and Cara’s sweeping vocal talents.
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