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Robin McLaurin Williams 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 Gram…
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Born 21 July 1951 · Died 11 August 2014 · Q83338
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2026· 12 entries
NBC 6 South Florida: ‘She's a legend': Venus Williams' husband reveals how marriage reshaped her life and tennis
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Yahoo Sports: ‘Leave Serena Alone’ – Fans Stunned As Venus and Serena Williams Draw Maya Joint in US Open Doubles
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The New York Times: How Venus and Serena reunited the Williams sisters, the last singles superstar doubles team
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US Open Tennis: Who are Serena Williams and Venus Williams playing in 2026 US Open doubles?
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Covering the Corner: Gavin Williams and the Thirteen Strikeout Game
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WUNC News: The week in hip-hop: Gettin' dead fresh with Erykah Badu and Saul Williams
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Cleveland Browns: Browns sign CB Noah Igbinoghene and DE Sam Williams
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The Guardian: Why are prisons overcrowded? Because no government will stand up to the tabloids | Zoe Williams
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“Usually, you start off performing in bars, where you can”
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“My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings.”
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FOX Sports: 2026 NFL Bold Predictions: Why Caleb Williams Will Win MVP And More Picks
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2025· 8 entries
The Guardian: Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’
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The Guardian: Jumanji review – startling 90s game fantasy adventure with Robin Williams in winning form
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Robin Williams once said, "People don't fake depression ... they fake being okay."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Robin Williams once said, "People don't fake depression ... they fake being okay."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams once said, "A hungry stomach, an empty wallet (or 'empty pocket') and a broken heart can teach you the best lessons of life."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams once said, "A hungry stomach, an empty wallet (or 'empty pocket') and a broken heart can teach you the best lessons of life."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Released album “Carpe Diem”.
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Williams became the subject of a controversy over AI generated videos in which Zelda pleaded for people to stop sending her AI videos of her father, stating that's "not what he would have wanted
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2024· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Robin Williams once said, “I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.”” Unfounded.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Comedian Robin Williams once said, “I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.”” Unfounded.
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The Guardian: Death to Smoochy: Robin Williams brings his manic energy to gleefully twisted children’s TV revenge-o-rama
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2023· 6 entries
The Guardian: ‘Two million feet’ of film needed to capture Robin Williams’ improvisations, says Mrs Doubtfire director
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Robin Williams once said, "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Robin Williams once said, "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Released album “An Evening with Robin Williams”.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Before choosing Jack Nicholson for the role, director Stanley Kubrick considered hiring Robin Williams to play the main character, Jack Torrance, in the horror film "The Shining."” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Before choosing Jack Nicholson for the role, director Stanley Kubrick considered hiring Robin Williams to play the main character, Jack Torrance, in the horror film "The Shining."” False.
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2021· 5 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Robin Williams once said that "politicians should wear sponsor jackets like NASCAR drivers."” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “During the filming of the 1993 comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire,” actor Robin Williams improvised with so many off-color NSFW jokes that the director, Chris Columbus, ended up with multiple cuts of the film, including a NC-17 and R-rated version.” Mixture.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Robin Williams acted in movies with his daughter, Mara Wilson.” Mixture.
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Snopes rated the claim “Robin Williams acted in movies with his daughter, Mara Wilson.” Mixture.
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The Guardian: Robin Williams's widow: 'There were so many misunderstandings about what had happened to him'
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2020· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “The quote "I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone” originated with Robin Williams.” Incorrect Attribution.
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2018· 4 entries
Released album “Live on Broadway”.
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Released album “MGM Grand”.
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Released album “Off the Wall”.
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HBO produced a documentary about his life and career
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2017· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A 2006 photograph shows 'The View' host Joy Behar grabbing Robin Williams' crotch.” True.
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Sharon Meadow in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the home of the annual Comedy Day, was renamed "Robin Williams Meadow"
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2016· 1 entry
Williams's children donated 87 of his bicycles in support of the Challenged Athletes Foundation and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
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2014· 8 entries
PBS aired a one-hour special devoted to Williams's career
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Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Robin Williams used contract riders to perform acts of kindness to homeless people.” Unproven.
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Died 2014-08-11.
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Reported net worth: $100M (as of 2014).
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Reported net worth: $100.0M (as of 2014).
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“Num show para os soldados americanos em Bagdá”
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“Death is nature's way of saying, "Your table is ready.”
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And was published four years later, titled Robin
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2013· 1 entry
Appeared in Lee Daniels' historical drama The Butler as President Dwight D
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2011· 1 entry
Williams married graphic designer Susan Schneider, and they remained married until his death
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2010· 3 entries
Released album “Weapons of Self Destruction”.
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Williams appeared in a sketch with Robert De Niro on Saturday Night Live, and in 2012, he guest-starred as himself in two FX series, Louie and Wilfred
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In response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, Williams donated all proceeds of his Weapons of Self Destruction Christchurch performance to help rebuild the New Zealand city.
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Disney Legends (2009).
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Starred in the comedy drama film World's Greatest Dad, and the comedy movie Old Dogs
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Career landmark: heart surgery.
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2006· 3 entries
Career landmark: intervention.
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Checked into a substance-abuse rehabilitation center in Newberg, Oregon
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Williams starred in five movies, including RV, a family road trip comedy, Man of the Year, a political satire, and The Night Listener, a thriller about a radio show host who realizes that a child with whom he has develop
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2005· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Williams was voted 13th on Comedy Central's list of "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time"
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor for One Hour Photo (2003).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album (2003).
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Williams began abusing alcohol again during production of the film The Big White (2005) in Alaska
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Live 2002”.
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Williams told Michael Parkinson that Peter Sellers was an important influence, especially his multi-character roles in Dr
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2001· 1 entry
Williams credited his mother as an important early influence on his humor, and said he tried to make her laugh to gain attention
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Good Will Hunting (1998).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for The Birdcage (1997).
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1995· 1 entry
Played Alan Parrish in the fantasy film Jumanji
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Mrs. Doubtfire (1994).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Mrs. Doubtfire (1994).
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance for Aladdin (1993).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for Aladdin (1993).
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1992· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Fisher King (1992).
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Williams was asked whether he ever feared losing his balance between his work and his life
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That Williams had the ability to "go from manic to mad to tender and vulnerable
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (1991).
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Williams played an adult Peter Pan in the fantasy film Hook, although he had said that he would have to lose 25 pounds for the role
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for Awakenings (1990).
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1989· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Album for Children for Pecos Bill (1989).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Good Morning, Vietnam (1989).
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When she was six months pregnant with their first child, Zelda Rae (born 1989)
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Played a private-school English teacher in Dead Poets Society, which included a final, emotional scene that some critics said "inspired a generation" and became a part of pop culture
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1988· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for A Night at the Met (1988).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Good Morning, Vietnam (1988).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (1988).
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Released album “Pecos Bill”.
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987).
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1986· 6 entries
“My biggest problem in movies is that I”
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In 1986, Williams teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal to establish Comic Relief USA.
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That Williams began an affair with Zachary's nanny, Marsha Garces, Velardi stated in the 2018 documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, that the relationship with Garces began after the two had separated
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Released album “A Night at the Met”.
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Williams teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal to establish Comic Relief USA
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Williams also co-hosted the 58th Academy Awards
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Throbbing Python of Love”.
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album (1980).
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1979· 3 entries
Released album “Reality… What a Concept”.
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Mork & Mindy (1979).
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Is said to have "[captured] his different sides: the funnyman mugging for the camera, and a sweet, more thoughtful pose that appears on a small TV he holds in his hands,” according to Mary Forgione of the Los Angeles Tim
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1978· 1 entry
Who he met two years earlier while he was working as a bartender at a San Francisco tavern
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1977· 1 entry
Was seen by television producer George Schlatter, who asked him to appear on a revival of his show Laugh-In
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1976· 2 entries
Following Houseman's suggestion that the school had nothing more they could teach him
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Studied at Juilliard School (1973–1976).
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1973· 1 entry
Williams attained a full scholarship to the Juilliard School (Group 6, 1973–1976) in New York City
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1969· 2 entries
Studied at Redwood High School (1969).
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Was voted "Most Likely Not to Succeed" and "Funniest" by his classmates
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1965· 1 entry
During the Vietnam War, with Williams playing the role of Adrian Cronauer, a radio shock jock who keeps troops entertained with comedy and sarcasm
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1951· 2 entries
Born 1951-07-21.
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“in The Daily Beast (12 August 2014) In the wake of Williams”
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