Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11, 1962
in Roswell, New Mexico) is an American actress. She became well-known
after a string of 1980s teen-oriented movies, and became one of the best-known actresses
in 1990s Hollywood.
Biography
Early life
Moore was born in Roswell, New Mexico, but spent much of her childhood and
teenage years in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. As a child, she had a difficult
and unstable home life. Her biological father, Charles Harmon, left her mother,
Virginia, after a two-month marriage, before Moore was born. As a result, Moore
had the surname of her stepfather, Danny Guynes, on her birth certificate. Danny
Guynes, who committed suicide in 1980, frequently changed jobs and made the
family move a total of forty times. Moore`s parents were also alcoholics and
often fought and beat each other. To make matters worse, operations on Moore`s
left eye during childhood required her to wear an eyepatch.
Moore`s family settled in Los Angeles in 1976. When Moore was sixteen, her
then-friend, actress Nastassja Kinski, persuaded her to drop out of Hollywood`s
Fairfax High School to become an actress.
Demi Moore was a founding "celebrity investor" in the Planet Hollywood chain
of international theme restaurants (modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe and launched
in New York on October 22, 1991) along with Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone
and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Career
Moore with Patrick Swayze in Ghost (1990)
After quitting school, Moore went to work as a pin-up girl, modelled in Europe,
and worked at a collection agency. In the early 1980s, Moore posed for a series
of softcore photographs featuring full frontal nudity. These photos went unnoticed
until after she became a star, and were eventually published in a German magazine
and later in North America. Moore`s film debut was in the 1982 3-D science
fiction/horror film, Parasite, which was a hit on the drive-in
circuit, ultimately grossing $6 million. [1] However, Moore was not widely
known until she played the part of Jackie Templeton on the ABC soap opera,
General Hospital, from 1982 to 1983.
In the 1980s, she appeared in several youth-oriented films, and was mentioned
as being a member of the " Brat Pack".
Moore in Vanity Fair (September, 1991)
For a time during the 1990s, Moore was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood.
She had a string of box-office successes, including Ghost, A Few Good
Men, and Indecent Proposal, and was the first actress to reach
the $10 million salary mark. Among other films for which Moore was considered were
Basic Instinct, Batman & Robin, Flashdance, Runaway Bride,
and While You Were Sleeping. Moore`s reputation suffered when the starring
vehicles The Scarlet Letter, The Juror, Striptease,
and G.I. Jane (a movie in which Moore shaved off all her long hair on
camera, leaving her head totally bald) failed at the box office and garnered mixed
reviews.
In August 1991, Moore appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine
while seven months pregnant with her daughter Scout LaRue, with enormous attendant
publicity. The image was endlessly parodied (including by Spy magazine,
which placed her then-husband Bruce Willis`s head on her body), but also spawned
honest imitators as other pregnant celebrities posed nude. Moore again appeared
on the cover of Vanity Fair in August 1992, wearing only a body painted "suit".
After a break from her acting career, Moore returned to the screen as a former
member of Charlie`s Angels in the 2003 film Charlie`s Angels: Full Throttle.
Personal life
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher on SNL poking fun at their age
difference.
In August 1979, Moore began dating rock musician/songwriter Freddy Moore,
whose last name she adopted; the two married in February 1980. The relationship
lasted only 6 years (August 1979-August 1985). Moore began dating actor Emilio Estevez
and began divorce proceedings in 1985, and the two were engaged until 1987. She
also dated actor John Stamos during the time when the two worked together on
General Hospital.
On November 21, 1987, Moore married actor Bruce Willis, after a highly
publicized whirlwind romance (the two met in August of that year). The couple has
three daughters, Rumer Glenn (born August 16, 1988), Scout LaRue (born
July 20, 1991), and Tallulah Belle (born February 3, 1994). Willis
and Moore announced their separation in June of 1998, and divorced in 2000.
Moore also became a staple of tabloids due to her romantic relationship with
actor Ashton Kutcher, who is sixteen years her junior. Both would eventually
spoof the public`s fascination with their age difference during a sketch on the
March 19, 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live. Kutcher, who served
as guest host, brought Moore on stage while Moore was made up to appear like an
old woman who constantly babied Kutcher. Moore and Kutcher were married on September
24, 2005 in a lavish, private ceremony conducted by a Kabbalah Centre
rabbi and attended by about 100 close friends and family (Bruce Willis included).
Moore`s primary residence is in Hailey, Idaho, near the famous Sun Valley
resort, although she spends much time in the Los Angeles area with Kutcher.
She is a practicing follower of the Rabbi Philip Berg`s Kabbalah Centre
religion, and initiated Kutcher into the faith.