Robin McLaurin Williams was born on July 21, 1951. This actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian has claimed an extremely successful career, bagging one Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, and five Grammy Awards.
Here are the details, as currently known: Williams was found dead at noon today after a 911 call was placed from the home at 11:55 a.m. The Marin County Sheriff’s Office, the Tiburon Fire Department and the Southern Marin Fire Protection District sent emergency personnel to the scene, arriving almost immediately at 12:00 pm.
Robin Williams Best Movies
Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
Alladin (1992)
One Hour Photo (2002)
Insomnia (2002)
Awakenings (1990)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Jumanji (1995)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Buttler (2013)
The Face of Love (2013)
The Big Wedding (2013)
Bibliography - Early Life
Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Laura McLaurin (née Smith, September 24, 1922 – September 4, 2001), was a former model from New Orleans, Louisiana. His father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams (September 10, 1906 – October 18, 1987), was a senior executive at Ford Motor Company in charge of the Midwest region. His maternal great-great-grandfather was Mississippi senator and governor Anselm J. McLaurin. Williams's ancestry included English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, German, and French.He was raised in the Episcopal Church (while his mother practiced Christian Science).He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he was a student at the Detroit Country Day School, and later moved to Woodacre, Marin County, California, where he attended the public Redwood High School. Williams studied at Claremont McKenna College (then called Claremont Men's College). In between Claremont and Juilliard, he attended the College of Marin for theatre. He had two half-brothers: Todd (who died August 14, 2007) and McLaurin.
Williams described himself as a quiet child whose first imitation was of his grandmother to his mother. He did not overcome his shyness until he became involved with his high-school drama department.
In 1973, Williams was one of only 20 students accepted into the freshman class at the Juilliard School, and one of only two students to be accepted by John Houseman into the Advanced Program at the school that year; the other was Christopher Reeve. In his dialects class, Williams had no trouble mastering dialects quickly. Williams left Juilliard in 1976.
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