1. Julie Ellen "Tawny" Kitaen was an American actress.
26 Facts About Tawny Kitaen
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Tawny Kitaen began her career as a television actress, appearing in the television films Malibu and California Girls.
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Tawny Kitaen starred in the comedies The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak and Bachelor Party, and the horror film Witchboard.
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Julie Ellen Tawny Kitaen was born in San Diego, California on August 5,1961.
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Tawny Kitaen was the eldest of three children born to Linda Kitaen, a housewife and one-time beauty pageant participant, and Terry Kitaen, an employee of a neon sign company.
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Tawny Kitaen's mother was of Scottish and Irish descent, while her father was of Russian-Jewish heritage.
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Tawny Kitaen began using the nickname "Tawny" at the age of 12 on her own initiative.
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Tawny Kitaen modeled and appeared in television commercials for Jack LaLanne's European Health Spas in the early 1980s.
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Tawny Kitaen appeared on the cover of Ratt's debut EP Ratt and the band's debut Atlantic studio album Out of the Cellar.
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Tawny Kitaen was dating the band's guitarist Robbin Crosby at the time.
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Tawny Kitaen began her acting career in 1983 with a minor role in the television movie Malibu.
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Tawny Kitaen appeared in Ratt's "Back for More" music video.
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Tawny Kitaen had recurring parts in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and co-hosted America's Funniest People from 1992 to 1994.
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Tawny Kitaen joined the cast of the sixth edition of the VH1 reality television show The Surreal Life, which began airing in March 2006.
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Tawny Kitaen appeared in the second season of the VH1 reality TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew, which began in October 2008.
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Tawny Kitaen appeared in the Season 4 Episode 12 of Botched, requesting that her breast implants be removed.
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Tawny Kitaen dated Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby during and after high school.
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Tawny Kitaen married Whitesnake singer David Coverdale in 1989; they divorced in 1991.
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Tawny Kitaen was married to baseball player Chuck Finley from 1997 to 2002, with whom she had two daughters, Wynter and Raine.
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In December 2006, Tawny Kitaen entered a six-month rehabilitation program in exchange for the dismissal of a felony drug-possession charge.
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On September 26,2009, Tawny Kitaen was arrested for driving under the influence in Newport Beach, California.
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On July 22,2019, Tawny Kitaen was again arrested for DUI in Newport Beach.
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Tawny Kitaen pleaded not guilty and was scheduled for a pretrial hearing on May 18,2021.
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Tawny Kitaen died at her Newport Beach home on May 7,2021, at the age of 59, from heart issues and drug ingestion.
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Tawny Kitaen had been working with author and historian Colin Heaton on her memoirs for the past year.
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Tawny Kitaen's death was confirmed to The New York Times by her daughter Wynter Finley, who told the paper that the cause of death was not immediately known.