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How old were Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost? ›

She was born on November 11, 1962, in Roswell, New Mexico, and turned 27 on November 11, 1989. Patrick Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas, and was 36 years old when filming started. He turned 37 on August 18, 1989.

In the supernatural romantic thriller Ghost (1990), Swayze starred as Sam Wheat opposite Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Tony Goldwyn. Ghost was the highest grossing film of 1990 and the most rented videocassette of 1991.

In Ghost, Goldberg plays Oda Mae Brown, a reluctant psychic who helps a young man, Sam Wheat (Swayze), communicate with his girlfriend (Demi Moore) after he is murdered. The View co-host also admitted that they didn't anticipate how successful the movie would be.

Swayze died in 2009 at the age of 57 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Today, Goldberg toasts the star's kind nature. "He was sexy and sweet and just a terrific human being to me," she says. Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown in "Ghost.".

Ghost earned five nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and winning Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg and Best Original Screenplay for Rubin.

Michael J Fox stuns Whoopi Goldberg by revealing why he turned down starring in the movie Ghost. Michael J Fox shocked Whoopi Goldberg when he revealed that he turned down the chance to star alongside her in the movie Ghost.

Subway Ghost : You take all your emotions! All your pain, all your love, all your passion, all your rage! Just push it all the way down into the pit of your stomach! And then let it explode, like a reactor!

Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) is a banker, Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn) over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.

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Corrina, Corrina is a 1994 American comedy-drama film set in the Los Angeles suburbs of the 1950s about a widower (Ray Liotta) who hires a housekeeper/nanny (Whoopi Goldberg) to care for his daughter (Tina Majorino). It was written and directed by Jessie Nelson, in her feature film directing debut.

Fatal Beauty is a 1987 American action comedy thriller film directed by Tom Holland, and starring Whoopi Goldberg as Detective Rita Rizzoli, and Sam Elliott as Mike Marshak. The screenplay was written by Hilary Henkin and Dean Riesner. The original music score was composed by Harold Faltermeyer.

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Molly is a 26 year old artist living in New York City with her boyfriend; Sam Wheat. Later in the movie Sam dies, and then contacts a reluctant spiriutal reader to warn Molly of Sam's murderer, who is after her next.

The late Swayze was approximately seven years older than Grey in real life. When Dirty Dancing premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1987, Roadhouse star Patrick Swayze was 34 years old and was best known for portraying Darrel "Darry" Curtis in The Outsiders.

Tallulah was eight when Moore, then 40, married Kutcher, then 25, in 2005. The two split after six years of marriage in 2011. The 29-year-old daughter of Moore and Bruce Willis said she "didn't fully understand" just how famous her family was until her mom's relationship with the That '70s Show star.