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Robin William's Birth
IMDB Robin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951. His mom, Laurie McLaurin was a former model from Mississippi. He had English, German, French, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. -
Robin Williams gets full scholarship to Juillard
Williams enrolled at Claremont Men's College in Claremont, California to study political science. Williams got a full scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York City. He was one of only 20 students accepted into the freshman class and one of only two students to be accepted by John Houseman into the Advanced Program. -
Robin Williams leaves Juilliard during junior year
Williams left Juilliard during his junior year in 1976 at the suggestion of Houseman. Houseman told Williams that Juilliard had nothing more to teach him. His teacher at Juilliard, Gerald Freedman said that Williams was a "genius," and the classic teaching at Juilliard didn't suit him. -
Debut tv appearence
TV producer George Schlatter saw him doing stand up asked him to appear on a revival of his Laugh-In show. The show aired in late 1977 and became his debut TV appearance. Williams also performed a show at the LA Improv that same year for Home Box Office. -
Marries his first wife Valerie Velardi
wife On June 4, 1978, Robin Williams married his first wife, Valerie Velardi. They had one child together named Zachary Pym "Zak" Williams. They got divorced about ten years after their marriage. -
Film debut in Popeye
popeye The film premiered on December 6, 1980 in Los Angeles, California. Originally Jules Feiffer said he wanted Dustin Hoffman to play Popeye. However Robin Williams ended up playing him and some people believe it was his best film. -
Birth of first child, Zachary Pym "Zak" Williams
Zac Zachary was Williams only child from his first marraige. Robin Williams credits Zachary for helping him quit drugs when he was born. Zachary has two younger half siblings. -
Won Golden Globe for best actor for Good Morning, Vietnam
We truly see how good Williams improvises in this movie. Almost ever time he was on air he improvised his lines. The director was even surprised by how well Robin did without a script. -
Birth of first daughter, Zelda Rae Williams
Robin Williams named Zelda after Princess Zelda of The Legend of Zelda video game series. Zelda grew up to be an actor like her father. Zelda was Robin Williams only daughter. -
Birth of third child, Cody Alan Williams
Cody Williams is Robin Williams youngest child. Cody also got into the movie business as an assistant director. Cody has an older half brother and an older sister. -
Aladdin
Originally Williams wanted nothing to do with Disney but made the movie for his kids. Later Williams refused to do the sequel because of some promises Disney broke in the first one for money. A former studio head again took over and publicly apologized for what happened after that Williams agreed to do the third Aladdin. -
Won Grammy for Best Comedy Album
Williams actually won this award three times before 2003. Robin Williams - Live 2002 was what got him the nomination. This is the most recent grammy Williams has won. -
Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary Golden Globe Award. Williams was awareded this at the age of 53. the Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards this for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment". -
Williams marries last wife, Susan Schneider
Robin Williams marries graphic designer, Susan Schneider at the age of 60. Every one was very excited daughter Zelda even tweeted about the exciting event. Susan was interviewed days before the weekend stating she was excited and thrilled. -
Robin William's Death
Sadly Robin Williams commited suicide on August 11th. It is beleived this happened due to him having exteme depression. Williams left three children behind and millions of fans who will remember him forever.
