Marsha Garces Williams Explained

Marsha Garces Williams
Birth Name:Marsha Lynn Garces
Birth Date:18 June 1956
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.[1]
Occupation:Film producer, philanthropist
Yearsactive:1991–present
Children:2, including Zelda

Marsha Garces Williams[2] [3] (born June 18, 1956) is an American film producer and philanthropist.[4] [2] [5] She was married to actor and comedian Robin Williams from 1989 to 2010.[4] [5]

Early life

Marsha Lynn Garces was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She grew up in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and attended Shorewood High School.[6] Garces' father, Leon Garces, was Filipino and born in Ubay, Bohol; he moved to the United States in 1929.[7] [8] He later served in the United States Navy during World War II.[7] [9] Her mother, Ina Rachel Mattila,[7] was Finnish.[8] [10] [11]

Personal life and career

Garces married Robin Williams on April 30, 1989, following the 1988 divorce from his first wife, Valerie. Garces became pregnant with Williams' child late in 1988, and the pair were later married on April 30, 1989. Garces met Williams in 1984 when she was employed as a nanny for Williams's son Zachary. Previously, Garces was a painter and a waitress.[12] [13] According to his first wife, the romantic relationship between Robin and Marsha began after they separated.[5] During their marriage, they had two children, Zelda Rae and Cody Alan, born in 1989 and 1991, respectively.[13] In March 2008, she filed for divorce from Williams citing irreconcilable differences.[4] Their divorce was finalized in 2010.[14]

After working as the family's nanny, Garces worked with Williams as his personal assistant on films such as Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) and Dead Poets Society (1989).[5] [9] [12] She was later the producer for several of Williams's films.[4] [5] [11] Together, they founded a film production company, Blue Wolf Productions, in 1991.[4]

Garces Williams has been involved philanthropically with organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and Seacology.[4] [5]

Filmography

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Locals react to passing of comedian, actor Robin Williams . TODAY'S TMJ4 . August 11, 2014 . Charles . Benson . August 13, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813152258/http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/news/BREAKING-Actor-Robin-Williams-dies-at-63-270824161.html . August 13, 2014 . dead .
  2. News: What He Prefers: Staying at Home to Spin Gold . The New York Times . October 11, 2012 . Ted . Loos .
  3. Web site: Extinction Soup – Supporters. Sea to Sky Productions. August 16, 2014.
  4. News: Robin Williams' wife files for divorce after nearly 19 years . Leah . Garchik . March 27, 2008 . The San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. Clehane. Diane. Dagostino. Mark. Mikelbank. Peter. Orr. Andrea. Robin Williams Surprise Split. People. April 14, 2008. 69. 14. 3 January 2022.
  6. News: Tears of a clown: My interview with the late Robin Williams . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . August 11, 2014 . Duane . Dudek.
  7. News: Funeral Notices – GARCES, Pantaleon Marciano Fernandez "Leon". Tucson Citizen. March 15, 2002. 14 August 2014. Born July 27, 1909 in Ubay, Bohol, Philippines, she immigrated to the United States in 1929.
  8. News: The Robin Williams that I met in Tokyo . The Philippine Star . August 13, 2014 . Ricardo F. . Lo .
  9. Web site: How Robin Williams remained close to Pinoy family even after divorce with Fil-Am wife . August 12, 2014 . GMA News Online .
  10. Robin Williams: Fears of a Clown . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813114606/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/robin-williams-fears-of-a-clown-20140811?page=4 . dead . August 13, 2014 . August 11, 2014 . Rolling Stone . Jeff . Giles .
  11. News: Williams called ex-wife 'Finnipino' . August 13, 2014 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . Ruben V. . Nepales .
  12. Darrach. Brad. A Comic's Crisis of the Heart. People. February 22, 1988. 29. 7. January 3, 2022.
  13. Web site: Through heaven and hell for Williams . https://archive.today/20140813053629/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/W/Williams_Robin/1998/09/20/762643.html . usurped . August 13, 2014 . Louis B. . Hobson . Canoe.ca . September 20, 1998 . He and Velardi never fully reconciled, and in 1984 the couple hired Marsha Garces, a young painter who'd been working as a waitress, to be Zachary's nanny..
  14. News: Chaney. Jen. Robin Williams and Susan Schneider reportedly wed. 18 August 2014. Washington Post. October 24, 2011.
  15. Web site: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). https://web.archive.org/web/20140819100112/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/119900/Mrs-Doubtfire/details. dead. 19 August 2014. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2014. 16 August 2014.
  16. News: Robin Williams: Live On Broadway. The New York Times . August 16, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819094558/https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/169603/Robin-Williams-Live-On-Broadway/details. August 19, 2014.

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