Demi Moore
Moore in 2011, Helga Esteb/ Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 11, 1962
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Demi Moore is an American actress, model, filmmaker, and songwriter. One of the biggest stars of the 1990s, her roles include the films Parasite 3D (1982), Blame It on Rio, No Small Affair, St. Elmo’s Fire, About Last Night… (1986), One Crazy Summer, The Seventh Sign, We’re No Angels (1989), Ghost, Nothing but Trouble, Mortal Thoughts, The Butcher’s Wife, A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, The Scarlet Letter, Now and Then (1995), The Juror, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Striptease (1996), G.I. Jane, Deconstructing Harry, Passion of Mind, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Bobby (2006), Mr. Brooks, The Joneses, Another Happy Day, Margin Call, Rough Night, Corporate Animals, Songbird, and The Substance, the made-for-tv movie If These Walls Could Talk, and the series General Hospital, Tales from the Crypt, Empire, and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.
Demi is the daughter of Beverley/Beverly Virginia (King) and Charles Foster Harmon, a U.S. Air Force airman. Her father had left Demi’s mother before Demi was born. Demi was raised by her mother and stepfather, Dan Guynes, a newspaper advertising salesman. The family moved frequently. Demi has three children with her former husband, actor Bruce Willis, including actress Rumer Willis. Her surname is from her first husband, musician Freddy Moore.
Most of Demi’s recent ancestors were born in the U.S., specifically, for the most part, the American South, with many of her traceable foreign-born ancestors being English and Scottish.
Demi is a follower of Kabbalah.
Demi’s paternal grandfather was named Clarence Lamar Harmon. Clarence was born in LaGrange, Georgia.
Demi’s paternal grandmother was named Ruth Minnie Compton. Ruth was born in Alabama.
Demi’s maternal grandfather was William Marshall “Bill” King (the son of Edward McDowell “Mack” King and Blanche Campbell). William was born in Texas or Johnston County, Oklahoma. Blanche was the daughter of John Alexander Campbell and Betty LaVelle Carr.
Demi’s maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Marie Metcalf (the daughter of John Carrol Metcalf and Effie May Graves). Elizabeth was born in Elida, New Mexico, and was raised on a farm. John was the son of Warner William Metcalf, Jr. and Martha Catherine Gunn. Effie was the daughter of George Aaron Graves and Elizabeth “Bettie” Childers.
Sources: Genealogy of Demi Moore – http://gw.geneanet.org
Biography of Demi Moore – http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk
Genealogies of Demi’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Demi Moore (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Demi’s maternal grandfather, William Marshall King, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Demi’s maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Marie Metcalf, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Demi is of Melungeon descent along with other ethnic groups. Melungeons are a tri-racial isolated group found in the southern U.S. Abraham Lincoln, Cher, Tom Hanks, Elvis are all celebrity’s that have a partial ancestry descended from the original Melungeons.
“Jewish” is not an ethnicity…
It’s a religion.
If by ethnicity you mean a population of genetically distinct or connected individuals with their own language(s,) traditions, culture, surnames and so on, then I’d say there is definitely some validity for multiple Jewish ethnicities.
Among those born of Jewish parents, grandparents, great grandparents and so on, the three main ethnicities are
· Ashkenazim, the Jews of Germany and Northern France (in Hebrew, Ashkenaz)
· Sephardim, the Jews of Iberia (in Hebrew, Sepharad) and the Spanish diaspora
· Mizrahim, or Oriental Jews
See more here:
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Theology/Who_is_a_Jew/Types_of_Jews/Ethnic_Diversity.shtml
Jews can be non-believers as well as religious.
Descent is primarily carried on through the maternal line.
People can convert, but there is an ancient lineage.
her birthname is demetria and if you look on chinese and ukrainian wikipedias on bottom says greek americans
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh/%E9%BB%9B%E7%B1%B3%C2%B7%E6%91%A9%E5%B0%94
http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%96_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80
This page refutes the Greek claim.
http://www.peterkurth.com/NO%20MOORE%20DEMI.htm
Jewish is correct.
She is also Greek.
Yeah, i read what she’s greek and jewish!:\
Here step father was of French decent not her. She’s welsh
i also read that she is greek. if you go to wikipedia, on the bottom where it says what categories she goes into, it says “people of greek descent”?
i have no idea
Demi Moore is not Greek. Yes, she look’s meditterenean but she has nothing to do with Greek ancestory. She has said this many time’s in interview’s. Her name is Greek..so what! I think American Wikipedia knows more then a Ukranian one when it comes to there own actresses. They have limited information so base fact’s on opinion’s. I have a Greek name..it does not mean I am Greek. Demi has also stated herself her name is Greek but she has no ancestory to do with Greeks.
I don’t think Demi is Greek.