Real name: Loletha Elaine Falana

Effective period / Period of releases: 1967 - 1975

Lola Falana (born Loletha Elaine Falana on September 11, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey) is an American dancer and actress of Cuban and African American descent. Falana's father left Cuba to become a welder in the United States, where he met his wife. Falana spent most of her childhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barry Manilow's "Copacabana" was based on Lola. Her brother is Fluffy Falana.