Robin Williams
☼ Born on21 janeiro 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, USA
† Died on11 janeiro 2014, in Tiburon, California, USA, cause suicide by hanging
Biography:
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford Motor Company executive from Indiana. Williams had English, German, French, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
Robin briefly studied political science at Claremont Men's College and theater at College of Marin before enrolling at The Juilliard School to focus on theater. After leaving Juilliard, he performed in nightclubs where he was discovered for the role of "Mork, from Ork", in an episode of Dias Felizes (1974). The episode, My Favorite Orkan (1978), led to his famous spin-off weekly TV series, Mo
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rk & Mindy (1978). He made his feature starring debut playing the title role in Popeye (1980), directed by Robert Altman.
Williams' continuous comedies and wild comic talents involved a great deal of improvisation, following in the footsteps of his idol Jonathan Winters. Williams also proved to be an effective dramatic actor, receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in Bom Dia, Vietname (1987), O Clube dos Poetas Mortos (1989), and O Rei Pescador (1991), before winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in O Bom Rebelde (1997).
During the 1990s, Williams became a beloved hero to children the world over for his roles in a string of hit family-oriented films, including Hook (1991), As Aventuras de Zak e Crysta na Floresta Tropical (1992), Aladdin (1992), Papá para Sempre (1993), Jumanji (1995), Flubber: O Professor Distraído (1997), and O Homem Bicentenário (1999). He continued entertaining children and families into the 21st century with his work in Robôs (2005), Happy Feet (2006), À Noite, no Museu (2006), À Noite, no Museu 2 (2009), Happy Feet 2 (2011), and À Noite no Museu: O Segredo do Faraó (2014). Other more adult-oriented films for which Williams received acclaim include O Estranho Mundo de Garp (1982), Um Russo em Nova Iorque (1984), Despertares (1990), Casa de Doidas (1996), Insónia (2002), Câmara Indiscreta (2002), O Melhor Pai do Mundo (2009), and Boulevard (2014).
On Monday, August 11th, 2014, Robin Williams was found dead at his home in Tiburon, California USA, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office. A 911 call was received at 11:55 a.m. PDT, firefighters and paramedics arrived at his home at 12:00 p.m. PDT, and he was pronounced dead at 12:02 p.m. PDT.
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