Julie Ellen "Tawny" Kitaen (August 5, 1961 - May 7 2021) was an American model, actress, and media personality. She started her career as an actor on television, acting in the TV films Malibu (1983), California Girls (1985). She also starred in comedy The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak and Bachelor Party (both 1984) as well as the horror film Witchboard (1986). Kitaen garnered widespread recognition due to her appearances in numerous 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 early 2000s, Kitaen transitioned into appearing in reality TV shows which included The Surreal Life (2006) and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008), the one that focused on Kitaen's problems with substance abuse. Julie Kitaen was born in San Diego, California, in 1961. Kitaen is the youngest of three children of Linda Kitaen (nee Taylor) who was a domestic worker as well as a contestant in a beauty contest once and Terry Kitaen. Kitaen works for a neon sign company. Kitaen's mother, who was from Irish as well as Scottish descent, was married to Terry Kitaen (an employee of a company that made neon signs). Her father was Russian-Jewish. [3The younger Kitaen was raised in the Jewish faith. In the year of 12 she began to make use of the name "Tawny" and created on her own initiative. As a child, she struggled with dyslexia. This led her to drop out of Mission Bay High School. 7. At the age of 14 with backstage passes following a Peter Frampton concert at Balboa Stadium, she saw the VIP treatment afforded Frampton's partner Penny and wanted to be a part of it for herself. [9]
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