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Demi Moore Profile |
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Birth Date: November 11, 1962
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Birth Place: Roswell, New Mexico, USA
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Birth Name: Demetria Gene Guynes
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Demi Moore was born on the November 11, 1962, in
Roswell, New Mexico. Not only was her family poverty
stricken, but her entire family life wasn't much to cheer
about. The future soap opera actress' childhood was a drama
in itself.
By the time she was 18, Demi's family had experienced
divorce, poverty, alcoholism, and suicide. Her father left
the family before she was born and her mother married Danny
Guynes, a newspaper ad salesman. His unstable job forced the
family to move around from time to time, and whatever money
he did make was lost to gambling.
demi moore works as model
To add to her less than positive upbringing, her cross-eyed
condition, which was finally corrected thanks to two
operations, did not help her much. After her surgery, Demi
used her looks to earn some money modeling in Europe (after
dropping out of high school), and put her now trademark
raspy voice to work as a collection agent.
Demi's 18th year was marked with a funeral and a wedding.
Her father committed suicide, and Demi married rock musician
Freddy Moore, who was 12 years her senior. Her short-lived
marriage did more than make Demi "Mrs. Moore"; it's what led
her to pursue an acting career. Demi and Freddy lived next
door to actress Nastassja Kinski, who inspired Demi to
become an actress.
demi moore on general hospital
Demi earned her start as an actress on the soap opera
General Hospital (which also later triggered the career of
Vanessa Marcil). After appearing in a few unsuccessful films
and as Michael Caine's daughter in Blame It on Rio, Demi
left General Hospital in 1984.
That same year, Demi became a member of the Brat Pack with a
role in St. Elmo's Fire. For a while, she played a dual role
as a cocaine addict, both on- and off-screen; she finally
kicked the habit after receiving an ultimatum from the
film's director. The '80s were marked with an engagement to
Emilio Estevez, a marriage to Bruce Willis and some more
film roles, but none as memorable as her role in Ghost.
demi moore in ghost
Demi's star rose to the top of the box office after the
commercial and critical success of 1990's romantic
tearjerker, Ghost. Her role in the courtroom drama A Few
Good Men (1992), co-starring heavy hitters Jack Nicholson
and Tom Cruise, secured her standing in Hollywood and made
audiences forgive her for her 1991 roles in Mortal Thoughts,
Nothing But Trouble and The Butcher's Wife.
In 1993, Demi starred in Indecent Proposal, which garnered
her an MTV Movie Award for Best Onscreen Kiss (shared with
Woody Harrelson). The next year, she co-starred with Michael
Douglas in Disclosure, in which her physical assets were
disclosed to audiences worldwide.
What followed were a string of box-office disappointments,
with The Scarlet Letter (1995), Now and Then (1995) and The
Juror (1996). The buzz and hype surrounding her
controversial film Striptease (1996) were the only reasons
to flock to the theaters -- well, aside from the obvious
fact that Demi was playing a stripper. This was the film
that placed Demi among the highest paid female actresses,
with a salary of $12.5 million.
demi does striptease and g.i. jane
After her role in Striptease, Demi disappeared from the
spotlight, only to resurface with the lead role in G.I. Jane
(1997) and a highly publicized separation from her husband
of 11 years, Bruce Willis (in 1998).
Demi is not only an actress and former model, she is also an
avid doll collector (she hopes to someday open a doll
museum), a businesswoman and a mother to her three daughters
with Bruce Willis -- Rumer Glenn, Scout LaRue and Tallulah
Belle.
Demi's time in the spotlight is also due to her behavior in
the media. She appeared nude in the '80s for the magazine
Oui and twice on the cover of Vanity Fair; once while seven
months pregnant, and a second time covered in body paint.
Demi also appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman
before the release of Striptease, wearing nothing but a
bikini and the "Top Ten" list cards covering her,
successfully disproving rumors that she was too fat to
appear in the movie. And just as the Demi-hype calmed down
in the media, she again proved to audiences that she was fit
enough to star as a Navy SEAL in G.I. Jane, by doing one-arm
pushups on the Late Show.
demi moore in charlie's angels
Demi returned to the spotlight after a three-year hiatus,
this time in 2000's Passion of Mind. After reprising her
role as Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame II in 2002
(by lending her voice) and hooking up in real life with
much-younger Ashton Kutcher, she made her much-anticipated
screen comeback as the villain in Charlie's Angels: Full
Throttle in 2003.
demi moore is back
Well into her 40s, Demi is in her prime, looking sexier than
ever. In 2005, she can add Half Light and The Magic 7 to her
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Other
Information |
Hired 3 cameramen to videotape the birth of her first child
Bruce and Demi announce they are ending their marriage of
eleven years. No reasons given. [24 June 1998]
Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most
beautiful people in the world [1996]
Has three daughters with Bruce Willis: Rumer Willis (b.
1988), Scout LaRue Willis (1991) and Tallulah Belle Willis
(1994).
Was once engaged to Emilio Estevez
She posed nude while seven months pregnant for a 1991
'Vanity Fair' magazine cover. In August 1992, she again
posed nude for 'Vanity Fair', this time wearing body paint
that resembled a man's suit.
Stripped on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993),
allegedly to disprove rumors that she's too fat for her new
movie Striptease (1996).
Owns a production company: "Moving Pictures"
She appeared in John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In
Motion)" music video.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in
John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 38.
In order to play a coke addict, Jules, in _St. Elmo's Fire
(1985)_ , she had to sign a contract stipulating that she
would stop her own alcohol and drug abuse, an agreement that
caused her life to turn around.
Was one of three finalists for the lead in Flashdance
(1983). No one could decide between the three, so a group of
about 50 men was brought into a room, shown the three
audition tapes and asked who they would want to sleep with
the most. Jennifer Beals won by a landslide.
Was replaced by Sandra Bullock for the lead in While You
Were Sleeping (1995).
Operations on her left eye during childhood caused her to
wear a patch.
First actress to reach 10 million dollar salary mark.
Aunt of actors Cooper Guynes and Oliver Guynes.
Demi's real father, Charles Harmon, abandoned the family
before she was born, which is why she didn't share his last
name on her birth certificate.
Measurements: 33-22-33 (young model 1980), 36C-26-36 (after
implants in 1996), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Continues to receive royalty checks for songs she wrote
before becoming an actress.
Was spoofed in the video game Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for
Sail (1996) (VG) as a hypersexual version of herself called
"Dewmi (pronounced "Do Me") Moore".
First job was as a bill collector.
Is a vegetarian.
Voted #22 on VH1's Hottest Hotties
Though born in New Mexico she spent much of her childhood in
Eastern Pennsylvania.
Supporter of Arsenal Football Club, and attends home games
whenever she is in London.
She quit school at 16 and started working as a pin-up girl.
According to an article in the now defunct Buzz magazine,
she was so demanding when it came to perks and fringe
benefits, her nickname around Hollywood studio executives
was "Gimme Moore".
Was one of the nine original members of the 1980s "brat
pack", along with Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham, Anthony
Michael Hall, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald,
Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy.
The only Brat Packer to become a huge and long-lasting movie
star after the Brat Pack era ended
Along with Pia Zadora, Madonna, Pauly Shore and Sylvester
Stallone, one of the few people who have "won" back to back
awards at the Razzies in successive years. She "won" Worst
Actress of 1997 for her performances in the films The Juror
(1996) and Striptease (1996), then again the next year she
"won" Worst Actress for her role in G.I. Jane (1997).
Her wedding with Ashton Kutcher was attended by about 100
guests. Among them were ex-husband Bruce Willis, their three
daughters, Ashton's best friend and co-star from "That '70s
Show" (1998), Wilmer Valderrama, and Demi's close friend
Lucy Liu.
Auditioned for (and won) the role of Jackie Templeton on
"General Hospital" (1963) after producers put out a casting
call for a "Margot Kidder/Karen Allen" type actress (both of
whom were top box office stars at the time). |
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