Demi Moore

Demi Moore was born 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. Her father left her mother, Victoria, before Demi was delivered. Her stepfather, Danny Guynes, did not add much stability to her life, either. He often changed occupations and made the family move a total of 40 times. The parents continued drinking, debating and beating, till Guynes at last committed suicide. Demi resign school at the age of 16 to work as a pin-up-girl. At eighteen, she married rock musician Freddie Moore; the marriage lasted four years. At 19, she became a regular on the TV show "General Hospital" (1963). From the first salaries, she started partying and sniffing cocaine. That survived more than 3 years, till manager Joel Schumacher fired her from the set of St. Elmo's Fire (1985) when she turned up high. She got a withdrawal treatment and returned clean after a week... and stayed clean. With determination and a skill for publicity stunts, like the naked appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair while pregnant, she made her way to popularity. As the huge commercial success of Ghost (1990) and the controversial pictures Indecent Proposal (1993) and Disclosure (1994), she's one of Hollywood's most sought-after and most expensive actresses.