Demi Moore (Demetria Guynes) was born on the 11th of November 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico.
Her father an Air Force man left her mother Victoria after a two-month mariage before Demi was
born. Her stepfather Danny Guynes didn't guarantee much stability to her life either. He frequently
changed jobs and made the family move more than 30 times. Until her adolescence Demi did not know
that Danny was not her real father. Her parents used to drink and argue, until Guynes finally
committed suicide by inhaling carbon monoxide from the exhaust of his car.
Demi moved with her mother to L.A. She dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to work as a
pin-up-girl. At 18 she married the rock musician Freddy Moore; the marriage lasted four years.
1982 she became a regular on the TV show General Hospital.
But being newly married and having a steady acting job didn't guarantee stability. Moore began
abusing drugs: "I got involved with drugs because I was young and not sure how to deal with my sudden burst of fame."
That lasted more than 3 years, until director Joel Schumacher fired her from the set of St. Elmo's
Fire when she turned up high. She got a withdrawal treatment and returned after a week... and
stayed clean. At the set of St. Elmo's Fire Demi met Estevez with whom she began a romance that
dipped in and out of engagement for three years. "Estevez was definitely my first love," she told
Cosmopolitan.
But Estevez was not the love of her life. That was Bruce Willis, who Moore met at a screening of
Estevez's 1987 film, Stakeout. After seeing each other almost daily for
just four months, they were married in Vegas by a fittingly flamboyant minister -- Little Richard.
From that kitschy union, the couple had appeared to have forged an old-fashioned family with three
daughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. "A family, for me as a young girl, was my image of what I
hoped for. It was part of the big picture," she told Vanity Fair in '92.
But from the start, tabloids and the rumor mill predicted the headstrong pair's imminent rift --
first as Moore's star rose to Willis's height, then as the hard-working couple spent more time
apart. In 1997 they waged a highly publicized court battle with former nanny, Kim Tannahill, who
accused the pair -- especially Moore -- of being inattentive to the children and abusive employers.
After more than ten years, the incessant naysaying proved right -- Moore and
Willis split in the summer of 1998. Friends called the parting amicable, though Liz Smith reported
that "Demi has taken the breakup much harder than Bruce."
Perhaps that was because Willis had other things to concentrate on, like his still booming career
in for example The Fifth Element and Amageddon . The once-blazing Moore, on the other hand, had no
new projects lined up. In the early '90s her big pictures, including Ghost and Indecent Proposal
had indeed proved huge, critics' disapproval be damned. That seeming bankability had helped vault
Moore to the top of the A-list of Hollywood actresses. But later vehicles like 1996's Striptease
(which might have been more enticing if Moore hadn't already twice bared all for the cover of
Vanity Fair) and G.I. Jane (a picture many critics called a publicity for the army) underwhelmed
critics and audiences.
Still, it would be foolhardy to count down -- or out. The steel-willed actress
has always seemed unfazed by criticism of her naked ambition.
She told George magazine: "There's still a negative attitude in our society towards women who use a
strength that's inherent -- their femininity -- in any way that might be considered seductive."
Demi Moore Filmography:
(2003) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Character played: Madison Lee
(2002) Austin Powers in Goldmember
Credits: Producer
(2002) The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Character played: Esmeralda
(2000) Passion of Mind
Character played: Marie/Marty
(1999) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Credits: Producer
(1997) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Credits: Producer
(1997) Deconstructing Harry
Character played: Helen
(1997) Jon Bon Jovi: Destination Anywhere - The Film
(1997) G.I. Jane
Character played: Lt. Jordan O'Neil
Credits: Producer
(1996) Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Character played: Dallas Grimes
(1996) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character played: Esmeralda
(1996) Striptease
Character played: Erin Grant
(1996) If These Walls Could Talk
Character played: Claire
Credits: Executive Producer
(1996) The Juror
Character played: Annie Laird
(1995) Scarlet Letter
Character played: Hester Prynne
(1995) Now and Then
Character played: Samantha Albertson
Credits: Producer
(1994) Disclosure
Character played: Meredith Johnson
(1993) Indecent Proposal
Character played: Diana Murphy
(1992) A Few Good Men
Character played: Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway
(1991) Mortal Thoughts
Character played: Cynthia Kellogg
Credits: Co-producer
(1991) Nothing But Trouble
Character played: Diane Lightston
(1991) The Butcher's Wife
Character played: Marina
(1990) Ghost
Character played: Molly Jensen
(1990) Tales from the Crypt, Vol. 3
(1989) We're No Angels
Character played: Molly
(1988) The Seventh Sign
Character played: Abby Quinn
(1988) Saturday Night Live: Demi Moore
Character played: Host
(1988) The New Homeowner's Guide to Happiness
(1987) Wisdom
Character played: Karen Simmons
(1987) Ron Reagan Is the President's Son
(1986) About Last Night...
Character played: Debbie
(1986) One Crazy Summer
Character played: Cassandra
(1985) St. Elmo's Fire
Character played: Jules
(1985) Ron Reagan Is the President's Son / the New Homeowner's Guide to Happiness
(1984) No Small Affair
Character played: Laura Victor
(1984) Blame It On Rio
Character played: Nicole Hollis
(1982) Young Doctors in Love
Character played: Cameo
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