Demi Moore Demi Moore Demi Gene Guynes (born November 11, 1962), professionally known as Demi Moore ( ), is an American actress, former songwriter, and model. Moore dropped out of high school at age 16 to pursue an acting career and appeared in the men's pornographic magazine "Oui" in 1981. After making her film debut later that year, she appeared on the soap opera "General Hospital" and subsequently gained recognition as a member of the Brat Pack with roles in "Blame It on Rio" (1984), "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), and "About Last Night..." (1986). Following a few roles, she subsequently came over
Demi Moore months before her 17th birthday, Moore met musician Freddy Moore who was married and at the time leader of the band Boy, at the Los Angeles nightclub The Troubadour. They lived in an apartment in West Hollywood. Dan Guynes committed suicide in October 1980 at age 37, two years after he separated from Moore's mother. Demi's mother (Virginia Guynes, née King) had a long record of arrests for crimes, including drunk driving and arson. Moore broke off contact with her in 1990, when Guynes walked away from a rehab stay Moore had paid for at the Hazelden Foundation in Minnesota.