Julie Ellen "Tawny" Kitaen (August 5 1961 - May 7, 2021) was an American actress, model and media personality. Her career began as a TV actor appearing in the television movies Malibu (1983), California Girls (1985). She also starred as Gwendoline, a comedy character in the Land of the Yik-Yak (both 1984) as well as Bachelor Party (1985). Kitaen was well-known for her performances in music videos featuring heavy metal such as Ratt's "Back for More", Whitesnake "Still of the Night", and "Is This love" (all 1987). Kitaen also appeared on reality television shows including Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008) and The Surreal Life (2006), which detailed Kitaen ?Ts problems with addiction to drugs. Julie Kitaen was the youngest of three children, born in San Diego in 1961 to Linda Kitaen (nee Taylor), an actress and a former beauty pageant participant and Terry Kitaen who worked for an organization that made neon signs. Kitaen's mother was of Scottish and Irish origin, and her father was of Russian-Jewish origins. [33 Kitaen was raised in the Jewish faith. Kitaen first began using the name "Tawny" at the age of 12 years old, and on her own initiative. [6] She was dyslexic in her childhood. This led her to quit Mission Bay High School. [7] When she was fourteen, she was given backstage access to an Peter Frampton concert at Balboa Stadium.[8She was a witness to Penny Frampton getting the treatment she was used to and was inspired to emulate her. [9]
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