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Demi Moore - Biography

Actress. Born Demi Guynes, on November 1, 1963, in Roswell, New Mexico. Spunky, independent-minded leading lady of Hollywood films of the 80's and 90's. The daughter of a novice newspaperman-advertising man who moved the family around in pursuit of jobs, she kept changing schools and friends until finally settling down in West Hollywood with her mother and brother, following the divorce of her parents. At 16, she quit school and left home, determined to become a "movie star." She posed nude of the cover of Oui Magazine and stumbled into a teenage marriage with a rock musician named Freddy Moore before landing a part in the soap opera "General Hospital". Movie roles followed, starting in 1981. But success remained elusive for a number of years, during which she indulged in drugs, got divorced, became engaged to actor Emilio Estevez, and appeared in inconsequential movies as just another promising face in Hollywood's "Brat Pack" gallery. In 1987 she married Bruce Willis and three years later she soared to top stardom in the wake of the success of the hit romantic fantasy Ghost. Taking charge of the future course of her now-sizzling career, she formed her own production company, Rufglen. Moore received much publicity in 1991 after she was featured nude in the eighth month of her pregnancy on a cover of Vanity Fair, a gambit she later repeated after giving birth to show off her regained figure. After a number of major flops in 1991, Moore continued to secure her position as one of Hollywood's favorite and most bankable leading ladies in such box-office hits as A Few Good Men and Indecent Proposal.

In 1994's Disclosure, she played a ruthless sexual harasser; in The Scarlet Letter, she gave Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic tragic novel a happy ending (she later justified the wrongheaded decision by claiming that "not many people have read the book"); in her recent salacious film, Striptease, she proudly bared her considerable assets for an equally considerable $12.5-million salary.

Moore and Willis have become famous for their enormous entourage and for the extravagant bacchanals they host--their wedding ceremony alone (performed by Little Richard) cost a reported $875,000. They zealously help along their Planet Hollywood investment by appearing at the frequent openings of the ever-mushrooming empire.) Moore and Willis even went a little nuts when it came time to name their three daughters: Rumer Glenn, Scout Larue, and Tallulah Belle. Scout made her national magazine debut in utero when Moore posed pregnant and nude on the cover of Vanity Fair. Nudity, of course, has always been a favorite attention-grabbing tactic of Moore's--she first posed nude in the early eighties for the skin magazine Oui, and her obviously enhanced breasts have continued to be a main attraction in such films as The Scarlet Letter and Striptease.

Moore and Willis will keep their clothes on--or rather, will keep designer Donna Karan's clothes on--in a series of sexy ads, which will appear in upcoming issues of major magazines. In promotion of the latter film, Moore appeared on the Late Show With David Letterman sporting the top-ten list on cards all over her tiny bikini-clad body. On a more recent Letterman appearance, plugging her upcoming film, G.I. Jane, she impressed us all with her shorn head and her ability to do one-arm push-ups.