The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “Grammy winner for 1983’s Flashdance … What a Feeling”, 9 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : IRENE
Irene Cara started out in the Spanish market at the tender age of five. Her first American television series was the acclaimed children’s series The Electric Company (1971), starring alongside Bill Cosby and Morgan Freeman. In the Late 1970s she starred in the title roles for two Warner Bros. movies, Aaron Loves Angela (1975) and Sparkle (1976), as well as starring as Bertha Haley, Alex Haley’s mother as a teenager, in the Emmy-winning television mini-series Roots: The Next Generations (1979).
In 1980, she was one of the stars in an ensemble cast in the mega hit movie Fame (1980) (in which she was a lead actress, and sang the two Oscar-nominated songs, which was a first for any movie historically). Fame opened the door to both a singing and acting career. Her movies proved to be lackluster (Killing ’em Softly (1982), City Heat (1984), Certain Fury (1985), Busted Up (1986)), while her music was thriving. She won an Oscar for co-writing “Flashdance…What a Feeling” in 1983, her biggest hit. She ended up releasing three albums and had songs on various soundtracks, mostly of films in which she acted. Among her other hits were “Breakdance” and “Why Me?” off of her second album, 1983’s “What a Feeling.” Her first album, 1982’s “Anyone Can See,” produced one top-forty hit with the title song.
Her woes began when she was paid just $183 for her work in Flashdance (1983). Since then, most of her movie songs weren’t released, and her career went downhill. She eventually won $1.5 million from her business associates. Her third album, 1987’s “Carasmatic,” was shelved and never released.
More Clues
- IRENE CARA Grammy winner for 1983’s “Flashdance … What a Feeling”
- VIOLENT FEMMES Alternative rock/folk band formed in Wisconsin that’s best known for 1983’s Blister in the Sun: 2 wds.
- JAMES L BROOKS Filmmaker who won three Oscars (Best Picture Director and Adapted Screenplay) for 1983’s Terms of Endearment: 3 wds.
- IRENE Singer of 1983 hit Flashdance… What a Feeling, —– Cara
- CARA “Flashdance…What a Feeling!” singer Irene
- CROWBAR “Oh What a Feeling” is a 1971 hit for what Hamilton band?
- B B S Ralphie’s ammo in 1983’s “A Christmas Story”
- A FEELING Flashdance … What _ – 1983 hit for Irene Cara
- OINGO BOINGO Band that sang 1983’s “Wake Up, It’s 1984”
- TERMS OF ENDEARMENT 1983’s Best Picture (and this puzzle’s theme)
- HERBIE HANCOCK Jazz pianist who had a hit with 1983’s Rockit: 2 wd
- ALVIN GARRETT Washington wide receiver who caught a touchdown in 1983’s Super Bowl
- FLASH DANCE ’83 film featuring “What a Feeling”
- J F K LIBRARY Toyo Ito of Japan received his 2013 award in this Boston building — which happens to have been designed by 1983’s winner, I.M. Pei
- MARTY FELDMAN Goggle-eyed comic whose final film was 1983’s “Yellowbeard” EDDY _ Grant (singer of 1983’s “Electric Avenue”)
- REM Georgia band whose first album was 1983’s “Murmur”
- CYNDI 1983’s Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer, —– Lauper
- NEW ORDER Singers of 1983’s Blue Monday
- HIT SONG 1983’s “Say Say Say,” say
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