Tawny's first significant work away from home was in modeling, particularly in modeling blue jeans.

She began her acting career in 1983 with a minor role in a television movie, Malibu. In 1984, she starred as the title character of the erotic-adventure movie the Perils of Gwendoline (a.k.a. Gwendoline), 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.

Kitaen soon became associated with the "hair metal" scene. Decked in ripped up clothes, she appeared on the cover of the band Ratt's self-titled EP and breakthrough album, Out of the Cellar and dated guitarist Robbin Crosby. In 1987, she appeared in the band Whitesnake's music video "Here I Go Again," in which she did the splits and rolled around on the hood of a Jaguar wearing a white negligee. She also appeared in promotional videos for Whitesnake's "Is This Love" in 1987, and in 1989 appeared in videos for "Fool For Your Loving" and "Deeper The Love."Tawny Kitaen married the band's lead singer David Coverdale in 1989, but the two divorced in 1991.


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