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

• 2015Come Simi — Dee Dee
• 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica — (archive footage)
• 2014After Midnight — Rikki
• Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Lydia Kole
• 1997Dead Tides — Nola
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Playback — Sara Burgess
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys — Deianeira
• The Naked Truth — Tawny Kitaen
• Burke's Law — Rhonda Dooley
• 1994Hercules and the Circle of Fire — Deianeira
• 1994Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur — Deianeira
• 1994Hercules in the Underworld — Deianeira
• 1993Three of Hearts — Woman in Bar
• Eek! The Cat — Annabelle (voice)
• The New WKRP in Cincinnati — Mona Loveland
• Veronica Clare
• Shades of L.A.
• They Came from Outer Space — Monica Bates
• Booker — Skylar Samperton
• Seinfeld — Isabel
• 1989White Hot — Vanessa
• 1987Glory Years — Melinda Murphy
• 1987Happy Hour — Misty Roberts
• Married... with Children — Dominique
• 1986Crystal Heart — Alley Daniels
• 1986Instant Justice — Virginia
• 1986Witchboard — Linda Brewster
• 1985California Girls — Karen Malone
• 1984Bachelor Party — Debbie Thompson
• 1984Gwendoline — Gwendoline
• Santa Barbara — Lis DiNapoli
• 1983Malibu — Mahoney's Girlfriend
• Capitol

Appearances as themselves (5)

• Botched — Self
• 2011Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 — Self (archive footage)
• The Bonnie Hunt Show — Self
• The Surreal Life — Self
• 1999Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1999 — Self