Irene Cara and Philip Michael Thomas in Sparkle (1976)

Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, and Dwan Smith in Sparkle (1976)

Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, and Philip Michael Thomas in Sparkle (1976)

Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, and Philip Michael Thomas in Sparkle (1976)

Debbie Allen, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Lori Singer, Erica Gimpel, Albert Hague, Carlo Imperato, Carol Mayo Jenkins, Valerie Landsburg, P.R. Paul, and Gene Anthony Ray in Fame (1982)

Irene Cara and Beah Richards at an event for Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Irene Cara at an event for Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Irene Cara and Fred Berry at an event for What's Happening!! (1976)

Irene Cara, Dom DeLuise, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joan Rivers, and Phyllis Diller

Irene Cara and Dorian Harewood at an event for Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Irene Cara, Fred Berry, Earl Boen, Shirley Hemphill, Haywood Nelson, and Ernest Thomas in What's Happening!! (1976)

Irene Cara, Richard Thomas, Bever-Leigh Banfield, Fay Hauser, and Stan Shaw in Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Irene Cara, June Angela, Doug Grant, Stephen Gustafson, and Melanie Henderson in The Electric Company (1971)

Irene Cara, Laura Dean, and Antonia Franceschi in Fame (1980)

Irene Cara, Georg Stanford Brown, and Avon Long in Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Marlon Brando, James Earl Jones, Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Bever-Leigh Banfield, Georg Stanford Brown, Damon Evans, and Stan Shaw in Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Morgan Freeman, Irene Cara, Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno, June Angela, Lee Chamberlin, Doug Grant, Judy Graubart, Stephen Gustafson, Melanie Henderson, Skip Hinnant, and Jim Boyd in The Electric Company (1971)

James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Debbi Morgan, Georg Stanford Brown, Avon Long, and Beah Richards in Roots: The Next Generations (1979)