Shalvah Bitcah (McMullen) Correa-McMullen (1989 - 2005)

Born 24 May 1989 in Westminster Station, Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, United States

Died 21 Oct 2005 at age 16 in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Tara (McMullen) Correa-McMullen is Notable.

Tara Correa-McMullen was an American actror. She played gang member Graciela Reyes on the CBS TV series "Judging Amy".^[1]

Life Events

Shalvah Bitcah McMullen was born at 7 p.m. on May 24, 1989 in Westminster Station, Windham County, Vermont, United States, the daughter of Thomas Raymond McMullen and Mary Devra Correa née Brown.^[2][3]

After moving to Southern California, she attended first the Claremont Middle School and later Venice High School, where she was a member of the school's choir.

Tara was an Actor.

Tara was an aspiring actress who earned the role of "Big Mac" in the 2005 movie Rebound when her mother, who was working for a casting company at the time, recommended her daughter for the role. Rebound was a decided flop, with many critics saying such things as there wasn't anything that hadn't already been done by the movie The Bad News Bears (and other derivatives). Financially, the movie was a disaster. It was to be Tara's only movie role. After Rebound, she won the part of recurring character gang member "Graciela Reyes" on the television series Judging Amy (which had begun in 1999).

Tara (McMullen) Correa-McMullen died young.

Tara Correa-McMullen was killed in a gang shooting on October 21, 2005 in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States, aged 16 years, and just three months after the release of Rebound.
She was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia : Tara Correa-McMullen
2. ↑ Birth — "Vermont, U.S., Birth Records, 1909-2008"
   Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont; Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008; User Box Number: PR-01616; Roll Number: S-31652; Archive Number: PR-2003
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1605 #196891 (accessed 15 March 2023)
   Shalvah Bitcah McMullen born on 24 May 1989, daughter of Thomas Raymond McMullen & Mary Devra McMullen, in Westminster Station, Windham, Vermont, USA.
3. ↑ Birth Registration — "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFRH-VVG : 23 February 2021), Shalvah Bitcah Mcmullen, 1989.
4. ↑ Burial — Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/12192012/tara-correa-mcmullen: accessed 25 October 2019), memorial page for Tara Correa-McMullen (24 May 1989–21 Oct 2005), Find A Grave: Memorial #12192012, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• Inquest: "Web: Los Angeles, California, U.S., Coroner's Inquest Index, 1992-2016"
  mec.lacounty.gov: accessed 30 March 2016; URL: https://mec.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2005-08015
  Ancestry Record 70833 #32092 (accessed 15 March 2023)
  Shalvah McMullen death 21 Oct 2005 (born 24 May 1989) in Los Angeles, California, USA.
• Man is convicted in actress’ killing: "Newspapers.com"
  The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) 24 Jan 2009, page
  Newspapers Clip: 120899924 (accessed 15 March 2023)
• Man convicted of killing actress: "Newspapers.com"
  Port Charlotte Sun (Port Charlotte, Florida) 25 Jan 2009, page 4
  Newspapers Clip: 120899934 (accessed 15 March 2023)

See also:

• Wikipedia : Tara Correa-McMullen
• Wikidata: Item Q468693, en:Wikipedia