Bruce Willis
- Born: 19 Mar, 1955
A relaxed, raffish performer whose ironic style and working-class persona have made him a fan favorite, Bruce Willis was a Jersey boy living large in the Big Apple before shooting to stardom as private investigator David Addison on TV's successful "Moonlighting" (ABC, 1985-89). The 1980s were wild, awash in booze and drugs, and while the devil-may-care bartender was right in the middle of their surreal after-hours swirl, he was also developing some legitimate acting chops. Having landed his first Off-Broadway role in "Heaven and Earth" (1977), he spent the next seven years paying his dues as a model, acting sometimes extremely far off Off-Broadway, appearing ever so briefly in movies (blink and you'll miss him in "The First Deadly Sin" 1980 and "The Verdi...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- grandfather E G Willis: Willis named a building in Hailey, Idaho after him
- father David Willis: Willis has often described his father as a welder, and though he is an excellent welder, Willis told Movieline (August 1996): "And because this keeps getting repeated, his friends who are welders are always giving him s***"; acted in "Die Hard II: Die Harder" (1990) and "Mortal Thoughts" (1991); divorced from Willis' mother in 1971
- mother Marlene Willis: born in Kassel, Germany; worked in a bank; moved to California after her 1971 divorce from Willis' father
- step-mother Alma Willis:
- brother David Willis: serves as vice president of Willis' production company
- brother Robert Willis: formerly in partnership with Skyline Entertainment; died of pancreatic cancer at age 42 on June 26, 2001
- sister Florence Willis Rogers:
- daughter Rumer Glenn Willis: born on August 16, 1988; mother, Demi Moore; named after British novelist Rumer Godden; made feature film debut opposite mother Demi Moore in "Striptease" (1996)
- daughter Scout LaRue Willis: born on July 20, 1991; mother, Demi Moore; first name comes from child narrator of novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- daughter Tallulah Belle Willis: born on February 3, 1994; mother, Demi Moore; appeared with Moore as baby Pearl in "The Scarlet Letter" (1995)
- Sheri Rivera: lived together prior to his marriage to Moore; former wife of Geraldo Rivera
- wife Demi Moore: married in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 21, 1987 by Little Richard; acted together in the 1991 thriller "Mortal Thoughts"; announced separation in June 1998; divorced in October 2000
- Maria Bravo: Spanish; dated from summer 1999 to 2000
- Emily Sandberg: born c. 1977; dating since November 2000
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