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Demi Moore (born Demetria Guynes on November 11,
1962 in Roswell, New Mexico) is an United
States|American actor|actress with a trademark
husky voice. She is of varied ancestry including
French people|French, Welsh, and Native American
heritage.

Moore's father Charles Harmon left her mother,
Victoria, before she was born. Because of this,
Demi Moore did not share his last name on her
birth certificate. Her stepfather, Danny Guynes,
did not add much stability to her life, either. He
frequently changed jobs and made the family move a
total of 40 times. To make matters worse,
operations on her left eye during childhood caused
her to wear a patch. Although Moore was born in
New Mexico, she spent much of her childhood and
teenage years in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. Danny
and Victoria kept on alcoholism|drinking, arguing
and domestic violence|beating each other, until
Danny finally committed suicide. 

Her then friend, Nastassja Kinski, persuaded Moore
to drop out of Hollywood, California|Hollywood's
Fairfax High School, West Hollywood,
California|Fairfax High School at age 16 to become
an actress. After quitting school, Moore went to
work as a pin-up girl. Her big break came playing
the part of Jackie Templeton on the American
Broadcasting Company|ABC soap opera, General
Hospital, a role she played from 1982 to 1983.

From the first General Hospital salaries, Moore
celebrated by partying and snorting cocaine.
Moore's drug abuse lasted more than three years,
until Film director|director Joel Schumacher fired
her from the set of St. Elmo's Fire (movie)| St.
Elmo's Fire when she arrived on the set
intoxicated. She soon received withdrawal
treatment and returned clean after a week and
stayed clean. (Incidentally, Moore's character in
St. Elmo's Fire, Jules, was also a cocaine
addict.) Moore 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.


She appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair
magazine|Vanity Fair magazine in August, 1991
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".

For a time during the 1990s, Moore was the highest
paid actress in Hollywood; she was the first
actress to reach the USD$10 million mark for
salary. Moore was coming off of the heels of a
string of box office hits such as Ghost
(movie)|Ghost, A Few Good Men, and Indecent
Proposal. Not all of the attention she received
during this period was positive, however; for
example she was spoofed with a cartoon version
(called "Dewmi Moore") in the popular video game
Leisure Suit Larry, and had numerous other
parodies played on her name and likeness.  Moore's
career suffered though when starring vehicles like
The Scarlet Letter, The Juror, Striptease
(movie)|Striptease, and G.I. Jane (a movie in
which Moore went as far as shaving her head)
failed at the box office and mostly garnered poor
reviews.

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."

After a break from her acting career, Moore
returned to the screen as a former member of
Charlie's Angels in the film Charlie's Angels:
Full Throttle|Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle.
As the film was about to be released, media
attention focused on how the 40 year old mother of
three repeatedly had plastic surgery to remove fat
on her hips, abdomen and buttocks, as well as
breast enlargement. 

In addition, Moore became the subject of much
tabloid fodder thanks to her romantic relationship
with actor Ashton Kutcher, who happens to be 15
years Moore's junior. Both would eventually spoof
about the public's fascination with their age
difference during the monologue 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 a very eldery
woman, who constantly babied Kutcher.

She has been married and divorced twice. Her first
marriage was to musician Freddy Moore who Moore
married when she was 18 years old. She has three
daughters from her marriage to Bruce Willis: Rumer
Glenn, Scout LaRue, and Tallulah Belle. Moore was
also briefly engaged to fellow Brat Pack member
and occasional co-star Emilio Estevez.

Her primary residence is currently in Hailey,
ID|Hailey, Idaho, near the famous Sun Valley,
ID|Sun Valley resort.

==Filmography==

*Half Light (2005) (currently in post-production)
*Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
*Passion of Mind (2000)
*G.I. Jane (1997) (also producer)
*Deconstructing Harry (1997)
*I Think I Cannes (1997) (Cameo)
*The Juror (1996)
*The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (voice)
*Striptease (movie)|Striptease (1996)
*Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996) (voice)
*Your Studio and You (1995) (short subject)
*The Scarlet Letter (1995)
*Now and Then (1995 movie)|Now and Then (1995)
(also producer)
*A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
*Disclosure (1994)
*Indecent Proposal (1993)
*A Few Good Men (1992)
*Nothing But Trouble (1991)
*Mortal Thoughts (1991) (also co-producer)
*The Butcher's Wife (1991)
*Ghost (movie)|Ghost (1990)
*We're No Angels (1989)
*The Seventh Sign (1988)
*About Last Night... (1986)
*One Crazy Summer (1986)
*Wisdom (1986)
*St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
*Blame It on Rio (1984)
*No Small Affair (1984)
*Parasite (1982)
*Young Doctors in Love (1982)
*Choices (1981)

==External link==
* imdb name|id=0000193|name=Demi Moore
* http://www.westlord.com/demi-moore/ Demi Moore
at WestLord