Wie trouwde met Robin Williams?

Robin McLaurin Williams (Chicago, 21 juli 1951 – Paradise Cay (Californië), 11 augustus 2014) was een Amerikaans komiek en acteur.

Williams begon zijn carrière midden jaren 70 als stand-upcomedian in comedyclubs in San Francisco en Los Angeles. Hij stond bekend om zijn vele imitaties en de verschillende stemmetjes die hij gebruikte tijdens zijn optredens. Zijn allereerste tv-rol werd die van alien Mork in de reeks Mork & Mindy. Voor zijn bijrol in Good Will Hunting kreeg hij in 1998 een Academy Award, nadat hij daarvoor drie keer eerder was genomineerd. Daarnaast kreeg hij meer dan veertig andere acteerprijzen toegekend, waaronder Golden Globes voor Mork & Mindy, Good Morning, Vietnam, The Fisher King, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire en Emmy Awards voor Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin en ABC Presents: A Royal Gala en Saturn Awards voor Aladdin en One Hour Photo.

Marsha Garces (* 18. Juni 1956) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmproduzentin. Sie war von 1989 bis 2008 mit dem Schauspieler Robin Williams verheiratet. Garces lebt in San Francisco.

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards, as well as five Grammy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.

Born in Chicago, Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s, and released several comedy albums including Reality ... What a Concept in 1980. He rose to fame playing the alien Mork in the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–1982). Williams received his first leading film role in Popeye (1980). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting (1997). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), and The Fisher King (1991).

Williams starred in the critically acclaimed dramas The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Awakenings (1990), Insomnia (2002), One Hour Photo (2002), and World's Greatest Dad (2009). He also starred in Toys (1992), The Birdcage (1996), and Patch Adams (1998), and family films such as Hook (1991), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), Jack (1996), Flubber (1997), RV (2006), and the Night at the Museum series (2006–2014). He provided voice work in the animated films Aladdin (1992), Robots (2005), Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011).

During his final years, Williams struggled with severe depression before his death from suicide in 2014 at his Paradise Cay, California, home at age 63. According to his widow, Williams had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and had been experiencing depression, anxiety, and increasing paranoia. His autopsy found "diffuse Lewy body disease", and Lewy body dementia professionals said his symptoms were consistent with dementia with Lewy bodies. In the weeks following his suicide, Williams was celebrated in a wave of tributes.