Tara Correa-McMullen; actress appeared on "Judging Amy", dead at 16
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Correa-McMullen, Tara Born on May 24, 1989 in Westminster, Vermont and
passed away on October 21, 2005. Survived by and greatly loved by her
family, mother Mary Devra Correa-McMullen, father Thomas McMullen,
sister Abigail Correa-McMullen, grandfather William H. Brown, and
numerous uncles, aunts, cousins and friends.
Tara loved music and acting from an early age. She sang in the Venice
High School choir and danced in several dance troupes as a child. At 14
years old, she received her first starring role in a feature film-
"Rebound", and soon after was given a significant role in a TV series -
"Judging Amy". Tara will be tremendously missed for her talent, her
tenacity, and her bright spirit. Memorial service for Tara will be held
today, Friday, October 28, 2005, 12:30 p.m. at Forest Lawn Mortuary-
Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90068, Old North
Church. In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift may be made in her
remembrance to Tara Correa- McMullen Memorial Fund: Citi Bank, Burbank
Financial Center, 360 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502 .
Published in the Los Angeles Times on 10/28/2005.
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Brad Ferguson
<deb...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Tara Correa-McMullen
>
> Correa-McMullen, Tara Born on May 24, 1989 in Westminster, Vermont and
> passed away on October 21, 2005. Survived by and greatly loved by her
> family, mother Mary Devra Correa-McMullen, father Thomas McMullen,
> sister Abigail Correa-McMullen, grandfather William H. Brown, and
> numerous uncles, aunts, cousins and friends.
> Tara loved music and acting from an early age. She sang in the Venice
> High School choir and danced in several dance troupes as a child. At 14
> years old, she received her first starring role in a feature film-
> "Rebound", and soon after was given a significant role in a TV series -
> "Judging Amy". Tara will be tremendously missed for her talent, her
> tenacity, and her bright spirit.
Pic here:
Brad Ferguson
Ellsworth <terry...@aol.com> wrote:
> 16 year olds just don't "pass away." What was the matter with her?
>
> Terry Ellsworth
I was curious about that, too, but I couldn't find anything except for
her picture.
Bob Feigel
magnanimously proffered:
>16 year olds just don't "pass away." What was the matter with her?
>
>Terry Ellsworth
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/13029416.htm
Posted on Sat, Oct. 29, 2005
Slain "Judging Amy" actress remembered at LA funeral
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Tara Correa-McMullen, the 16-year-old "Judging Amy"
actress who was shot to death last week by a gang bullet, was
remembered at her funeral as an energetic and unassuming teen.
"She didn't judge anyone," her parents, Devora Correa and Thomas
McMullen, wrote in a eulogy that was read by a mortuary employee
during services Friday at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Hollywood Hills.
"Whether they were a grip or a caterer, it didn't matter to her. She
made friends with everyone at every level."
Correa-McMullen's first movie, "Rebound," came out this summer. During
filming, the crew brought her a cake to celebrate her 15th birthday,
her parents said in the eulogy.
"The girl stood out in a crowd," they added. "She had a special energy
and an infectious personality."
In addition to her parents, she was survived by her 18-year-old
sister, Abigail.
Friends at the funeral said Correa-McMullen recently had been hanging
out with a "bad crowd" in Inglewood.
Police in Inglewood said the actress was shot several times as she
stood outside an apartment complex on Oct. 21. Two men with her were
wounded.
No suspects have been identified. The shooting is believed to be
gang-related, police said.
"She may have just been at the wrong place at the wrong time," Sgt.
Steve Overly said.
After filming "Rebound," Correa-McMullen won a recurring role on
"Judging Amy" as a former gang member named Graciela who, at the end
of the season, is killed in prison.
Cindy Osbrink, whose agency had represented Correa-McMullen, said the
actress had become unreliable partway through her "Judging Amy"
appearances and the agency staff decided to pick her up and drive her
to ensure she made the day's filming.
The agency later dropped her as a client. She was signed again several
months ago but dropped a second time when she missed an audition,
Osbrink said.
"She was an angel," Tara's friend Maurice Tipton, 18, said before the
service. "She had a lot of obstacles in her way that took her
motivation away."
"She kind of went wherever she got attention," Tipton said. "But she
was a good person, a sweet, giving person who cared about people and
didn't want to see people get hurt."
"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
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young age but it is made doubly worse by it being an act of violence.
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