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Irene Cara

1959 - 2022

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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... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irene Cara has received more than 5,536,021 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Irene Cara is the 2,530th most popular actor (down from 2,369th in 2019), the 4,065th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,937th in 2019) and the 1,205th most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Irene Cara ranks 2,530 out of 9,996. Before her are Katherine Helmond, Hope Lange, Frank Finlay, Ferdinand Marian, Maryam d'Abo, and Tim Russ. After her are Lisa Niemi, Holly Marie Combs, Gérard Darmon, Frank Welker, Margaret Hamilton, and Kelsey Grammer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Irene Cara ranks 131. Before her are Patrick Bruel, Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Pietro Vierchowod, Jim Yong Kim, Bernardo Rezende, and Roberto Moreno. After her are Nobuo Uematsu, Steven Knight, Hassan Diab, Massimo Bonini, Majid Majidi, and Majed Abdullah. Among people deceased in 2022, Irene Cara ranks 195. Before her are Joe Turkel, Juris Hartmanis, Kitten Natividad, Joe E. Tata, Jack Higgins, and Maurice Karnaugh. After her are Vlado Milunić, Cristina Calderón, Manuel Esquivel, Pablo Milanés, Antonios Naguib, and Maryan Wisniewski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irene Cara ranks 4,065 out of 18,182. Before her are Hope Lange (1933), Toni Braxton (1967), Walter Cunningham (1932), Howard Stern (1954), Tim Russ (1956), and Antonia Maury (1866). After her are Lisa Niemi (1956), Holly Marie Combs (1973), Freddie Hubbard (1938), Paul Rand (1914), Frank Welker (1946), and Margaret Hamilton (1902).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Irene Cara ranks 1,205. Before her are Kristen Wiig (1973), Judy Holliday (1921), James Pickens Jr. (1954), Katherine Helmond (1929), Hope Lange (1933), and Tim Russ (1956). After her are Lisa Niemi (1956), Holly Marie Combs (1973), Frank Welker (1946), Margaret Hamilton (1902), Kristen Bell (1980), and Paul Wesley (1982).

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