陶妮·基坦（Tawny Kitaen）Julie Ellen Kitaen was born in San Diego, California, on August 5, 1961. She was the eldest of three children born to Linda Kitaen (née Taylor), a housewife and one-time beauty pageant participant, and Terry Kitaen, an employee of a neon sign company. Kitaen's mother was of Irish and Scottish descent, while her father was of Russian-Jewish heritage. Kitaen was raised in her father's Jewish faith.