Tawny Kitaen
Born: 1961-08-05 in San Diego, California, USA
Died: 2021-05-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
Julie Ellen "Tawny" Kitaen (August 5, 1961 – May 7, 2021) was an American actress, model, and media personality. She began her career as a television actress, appearing in the television films Malibu (1983) and California Girls (1985). She also starred in the comedies The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak and Bachelor Party (both 1984), and the horror film Witchboard (1986). Kitaen garnered widespread recognition for her appearances in a number of heavy metal music videos, including Ratt's "Back for More" (1984) and Whitesnake's "Still of the Night", "Is This Love" and "Here I Go Again" (all 1987). In the 2000s, Kitaen transitioned into appearing on reality television series, including The Surreal Life (2006) and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008), the latter of which documented Kitaen's issues with substance abuse. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tawny Kitaen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2015
- Come Simi as Dee Dee
- Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
2014
- After Midnight as Rikki
- Botched as Self
2011
- Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
2008
2003
- The Surreal Life as Self
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lydia Kole
1999
1997
- Dead Tides as Nola
1996
- Playback as Sara Burgess
- E! True Hollywood Story
1995
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Deianeira
- The Naked Truth as Tawny Kitaen
1994
- Burke's Law as Rhonda Dooley
- Hercules and the Circle of Fire as Deianeira
- Hercules in the Underworld as Deianeira
- Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur as Deianeira
1993
- Three of Hearts as Woman in Bar
1992
- Eek! The Cat as Annabelle (voice)
1991
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati as Mona Loveland
- Veronica Clare
1990
- Shades of L.A.
- They Came from Outer Space as Monica Bates
1987
- Married... with Children as Dominique
- Happy Hour as Misty Roberts
- Glory Years as Melinda Murphy
1986
- Witchboard as Linda Brewster
- Crystal Heart as Alley Daniels
- Instant Justice as Virginia
1985
- California Girls as Karen Malone
1984
- Bachelor Party as Debbie Thompson
- Gwendoline as Gwendoline
- Santa Barbara as Lis DiNapoli
1983
- Malibu as Mahoney's Girlfriend