Demi Moore was born on November 11, 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico as Demetria Gene Guynes. She spent her early years in a small town in Pennsylvania. As a child, Demi Moore had an unstable family life – her father Charles Harmon leaving her mother after a 2-month marriage even before she was born. Demi Moore took on her stepfather’s surname on her birth certificate. Unfortunately, her stepfather Danny Guynes committed suicide in 1980. Demi’s parents were alcoholics, who often beat and fought each other.
In 1976, Demi Moore and her family settled in L.A. At age 16, her friend Nastassja Kinski persuaded her to quit school to become an actress like herself. She met and married songwriter Freddy Moore in 1979, which ended in divorce on 1985. Demi kept the last name Moore.
After quitting Hollywood Fairfax High School, Demi Moore worked as pin-up girl for European photographers, while working at a collection agency. She posed (full frontal) nude in the early 80’s, but were left unnoticed until German and North American magazines published them when she became a star.
Demi Moore’s film debut was in the 1982 film, Parasite. However, she became widely known in the ABS soap, General Hospital between 1982 and 1983. By early 90s, Demi Moore starred in several box-office hits, including Ghost, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, A Few Good Men and Hunchback of Notre Dame, which gave her the $10-million salary mark.