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Demi Kutcher, best known as Demi Moore, is an American actress who rose to stardom amongst a
group of peers who were dubbed the Brat Pack. Moore was born Demetria Gene Guynes in 1962, in
Roswell, New Mexico and spent much of her childhood and teenage years in Perryopolis,
Pennsylvania. She had a difficult and unstable childhood culminating with her step-father’s suicide in
1980. Her mother was abandoned by Moore’s birth father while she was still pregnant with Moore.
However, she soon married Danny Guynes, a newspaper advertising salesman. Guynes, a gambler
with an unstable job history, made his new family move from town to town on numerous occasions.
Moore’s mother and step-father were alcoholics who often fought and beat each other. Besides these
personal setbacks, the young Moore also suffered medical problems which included kidney
dysfunction and an eye condition. She had ‘crossed eyes’, requiring two separate operations to
correct. Moore’s family finally settled in Los Angeles in 1976. When she was sixteen and ambitious to
become a model, her friend and future actress Nastassja Kinski persuaded her to drop out of
Hollywood’s Fairfax High School to become an actress. In 1979, she met and married her first
husband songwriter Freddy Moore. The marriage lasted six years and they divorced in 1985. In the
early 1980s, Moore posed for a series of nude photographs. Although at first unnoticed, these
photographs were eventually published in a German magazine and later in North America.
Moore’s first major acting role was in the made-for-television soap opera ‘General Hospital’ on ABC.
She played the part of Jackie Templeton during 1982 and 1983. Her initial movie break came with the
Silvio Narrizano directed ‘Choices’ in 1981. This was followed by the 3-D science fiction/horror film
‘Parasite’ and a bit part in ‘Young Doctors in Love’ in 1982. A further career-building movie was the
‘Blame it on Rio’ (1984), in which she played the daughter of Michael Caine’s character. Fame
followed in 1985 when Moore starred in Joel Schumacher’s era-defining hit ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’. A string of
commercially successful movies in the 1990s (‘Ghost’, ‘A Few Good Men, ‘Indecent Proposal’,
‘Disclosure’ and ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’) turned Moore into one of Hollywood’s most sought
after and expensive actresses. Moore became a household name and was rated as the highest paid
actress in Hollywood. The role in ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ made her the first Hollywood actress
to reach the US$10 million salary mark. She became a pioneer for other actresses by being the first
female lead to demand the same salary, benefits and billing as her male counterparts. Her superstardom was assured in 1990 when she co-starred with Patrick Swayze in the classic film ‘Ghost’ for
which she received a Golden Globe award for her performance. The on-screen chemistry between
Moore and Swayze remains a cinematic highlight. A further acting highlight was her MTV Movie Award
for best on-screen kiss shared with Woody Harrelson in ‘Indecent Proposal’.
Her public success was belied by personal problems and supposed instability. She was known as a
member of the infamous “Brat Pack”, which also included actors such as Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe
and Molly Ringwald. While starring in ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’, Moore played a dual role as a cocaine addict,
both on and off-screen. She was reportedly fired from the film at one point and then re-hired after
receiving an ultimatum from the film’s director and choosing to go into rehab. On-screen trouble again
reared its head during the 1990s when Moore starred in a number of box office flops that included
‘Nothing But Trouble’, ‘Mortal Thoughts’ and ‘The Butcher’s Wife’. However, her performance
alongside movie heavyweights Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise in the court room drama ‘A Few Good
Men’ fully restored her standing in Hollywood. After a failed engagement to Emilio Estevez in the 80s,
she met and eventually married Moonlighting star ‘Bruce Willis’ in 1987 in a Las Vegas ceremony
presided over by singer Little Richard. The pair had three daughters – Rumer Willis born in 1988,
Scout LaRue Willis born in 1991 and Tallulah Belle Willis born in 1994. The relationship was lengthy
by Hollywood standards and lasted until 1998 when the pair separated and divorced in 2000. Although
divorced, the two have never lost their friendship and remain close.