Tawny Kitaen, who is remembered for her music video appearances and her roles in Tom Hanks theatrical Bachelor Party and the syndicated reboot of sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, died at her home in Newport Beach on Friday morning, according to the Orange Country, California coroner’s office. The cause of her death was not revealed. She was 59.

Born Julie Kitaen in San Diego, California on August 5, 1961, Kitaen was initially noticed in 1983 when she appeared on the cover of back-to-back albums by heavy metal band RATT. Kitaen was dating RATT guitarist Robbin Crosby at the time. Kitaen began her acting career that same year with a minor role in television movie Malibu. In 1984, she headlined French action movie The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak and appeared in the aforementioned Bachelor Party. Her other film appearances included Witchboard, White Hot and Dead Tides.

Kitaen also appeared in several videos in the 1980s for the band Whitesnake, and was briefly married to Whitesnake’s lead singer, David Coverdale.

In 1991, Tawny began her two season TV stint as nighttime DJ Mona Loveland in The New WKRP in Cincinnati opposite original stars Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner and Richard Sanders. That same year she guest-starred on NBC’s Seinfeld as Jerry’s girlfriend in the episode titled “The Nose Job.”

Kitaen also had a recurring role in syndicated action adventure series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and co-hosted America’s Funniest Home Videos companion show America’s Funniest People from 1992 to 1994. Later in her career, she appeared in the sixth edition of the VH1 reality television show The Surreal Life, and appeared in the second season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, also on VH1, in 2008.

Kitaen was married to baseball player Chuck Finley from 1997 to 2002. They had two daughters together.