Tawny Kitaen became
famous in the 1980s for appearing in several hard rock videos for the band Whitesnake,
including the hit “Here I Go Again”.
Kitaen was married to Whitesnake lead
singer David Coverdale from
1989–1991. But Kitaen
began her acting career in 1983 with a minor role in the television movie, Malibu. In 1984,
she starred as the title character of the erotic-adventure movie The
Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak. She also co-starred in
the movie Bachelor Party as the bride-to-be of a young Tom Hanks and was the star of the 1986
horror movie Witchboard. In the same year she joined the cast of the soap
opera Capitol until 1987 as Meredith
Ross. After her music-video appearances, Kitaen took on a number of
television roles: first of all she came to SANTA BARBARA as Lisa
DiNapoli, the former alcoholic sister of Celeste’s (Signy Coleman). She briefly
portrayed the role from February to July 1989, except for a handful of
episodes in which she was temporary replaced by none other than Téa
Leoni (Deep Impact). After
leaving SB she was co-host of America's Funniest People with Dave Coulier from 1992-4, and was a
regular cast member on The New WKRP in Cincinnati from
1991-3. She guest-starred in the episode The
Nose Job of the sitcom Seinfeld in 1991 and in Season 9
Episode 1 of Married... with Children called 'Shoeway to Heaven' in 1994. She had a recurring role as Deianira in three of the Hercules:
The Legendary Journeys television movies in 1994, and then in the
regular television series.
In 1997
her career suffered a setback. In 2006 she was arrested for drug possession, has
been in and out of rehab programs, was part of The Surreal Life cast in
2006, and was one of the patients in Season 2 of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
Finally she returned to acting in 2011 in an episode of the TV series CSI.
Today Tawny Kitaen is beautifully 51 years old, she has a strong presence on
social networks, often interacting with her countless followers. In the video
below you can see how she was in 1989 and how she is now in her everyday family
life. For sure her children do not get bored.
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