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Robin Williams: Life and Career Overview

This document provides a biography of American actor Robin Williams. It details that he was born in Chicago on July 21, 1951 and was known for his roles in Mork and Mindy and numerous comedic and dramatic films. The document discusses Williams' childhood, education, career highlights and struggles with substance abuse over the years. It also mentions that he had two marriages and three children before his death by suicide in 2014.

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Robin Williams: Life and Career Overview

This document provides a biography of American actor Robin Williams. It details that he was born in Chicago on July 21, 1951 and was known for his roles in Mork and Mindy and numerous comedic and dramatic films. The document discusses Williams' childhood, education, career highlights and struggles with substance abuse over the years. It also mentions that he had two marriages and three children before his death by suicide in 2014.

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Name Williams, Robin Gender: M


Birthname Robin McLaurin Williams
born on 21 July 1951 at 13:34 (= 1:34 PM )
Place Chicago, Illinois, 41n51, 87w39
Timezone CST h6w (is standard time)
Rodden Rating AA
Data source BC/BR in hand
Collector: Wilsons
Astrology data 28°13' 09°32 Asc. 12°34'
add Robin Williams to 'my astro'

Robin Williams
natal chart (Placidus)
natal chart English style (Equal houses)
natal chart with Whole Sign houses
American actor who, after improv at L.A.'s Comedy Store, took his
non-stop madness into the TV series "Mork and Mindy." From 14
September 1978 he played Mork, a delightfully demented interplanetary visitor,
for $15,000 a week. As a then unknown Juilliard drama student, he had made his
first appearance as Mork in a one-shot stint on "Happy Days." The character made
such an immense impact with the public that it led to the winning series. In
addition to TV, Williams has done many films, movies that were hilarious,
touching, dramatic, histrionic; some duds and some memorable classics.

Robin grew up in an affluent family background, the only child of a wealthy Ford
Motor executive. His mom was a fashion model, his first exposure to the
entertainment world. He was a solitary child, able to comfortably play alone in his
parents 30-room mansion with his 2,000 toy soldiers in a world of his own
imagination. He attended high school in Marin County and graduated in 1969.

Williams studied politics and economics in Claremont Men's College, a selective Robin Williams (2011)
school in southern California. During freshman year, he took a class in photo: Eva Rinaldi, license cc-by-
sa-2.0
improvisational theater and knew that he had discovered his destiny. Performing
created an outlet for his creativity. When he announced his career choice to his
executive father, his dad dryly suggested that he learn a backup skill, "like welding,
just in case." Trained in drama at Juilliard, he explored the max of his flamboyance as a stand-up comic, thinking on
his feet with the challenge of improv. He earned extra pocket money as a street and theater mime.

With a love affair, Williams dropped out of Juilliard and drama classes. When the affair ended, he stayed in the Bay
Area and started doing standup in small clubs. He played on his rapid-fire free associations and unpredictable leaps

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from accent to accent. He was wild and uncensored, the manic synapses of his brain exploding in all directions of
absurdity. By 1978, he moved to Los Angeles where he beamed in from another planet as Mork.

Williams married dancer Valerie Velardi in 1978 and their son Zachary was born in 1982. The heady success of Mork
over its first four years began to wane and as the show lost momentum, he began to worry that his success was a fluke,
and turned to drugs and alcohol. His life was spinning out of control. Critics called his performances lightweight and
wondered if he had the discipline or complexity to move into successful film performances. Though he was dazzling the
nation with records, concerts, and TV appearances, his first film experience was a disastrous "Popeye," in 1980. In
1982, his friend John Belushi died of a drug OD, a shock and a wake-up call. Privately, Williams has enjoyed his share
of scandal. As if he needed extra energy, he reportedly snorted coke with John Belushi just before Belushi's death, and
in 1986 he was sued for $6.2 million by an ex-girlfriend who claimed he infected her with herpes; Williams filed a
counter-suit claiming the charges were false and she was trying to extort money from him. The case was settled in
1992, and the terms were not disclosed.

He redeemed himself somewhat in a decent adaptation of "The World According to Garp," 1982 but it was followed by
mediocre comedies such as "The Survivors" 1983 and "Club Paradise," 1986. He won an Oscar in 1987 for his
performance as a wisecracking disc jockey in "Good Morning, Vietnam," the first time that Hollywood took the risk of
putting his brilliant improvisational gifts to good use. The film captured his manic energy brilliantly.

After the shellshock of fame, Williams career began to falter. In his private life, his marriage took several years to fold
and was finally finished in 1988. He began to reappraise his life toward becoming a non-smoking vegetarian who jogs,
exercises and reads. He made a second marriage, to Marsha Garces on 30 April 1989, a month after his divorce became
final. Marsha had been a former nanny in 1984 for his first child, Zach, and the scandal sheets tried to paint her as a
home-wrecker. Robin and Marsha formed their own production company, Blue Wolf, and she produced "Mrs.
Doubtfire" in which she encouraged him to ham it up, and the result was a commercial blockbuster that further
cemented his standing as Hollywood's most popular funnyman. They had a daughter, Zelda, shortly after they married,
and son Cody on 25 November 1991. His father's health began to fail, an impetus for them to reach out in relating as
friends and comrades. His dad died on 18 October 1989, just about when Williams' life and work was coming into
focus.

A new introspection and restraint began to show in subsequent films, and Williams began tackling serious roles with
poise and maturity as well as children's movies such as "Aladdin" and "Jumanji. He began to show a surprising range,
tackling dramatic as well as comedic roles, and turning in stellar performances in "Dead Poets Society," 1989, for
which he earned his second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and "The Fisher King," 1991. His work as the
voice of the genie in Disney's animated "Aladdin" helped fuel that film's phenomenal, cross-generational success and
he made "Flubber" in 1997. Williams achieved a critical pinnacle in his career by winning a 1998 Best Supporting Actor
Oscar for his restrained performance as a South Boston therapist in Gus Van Sant's 1997 charmer, "Good Will
Hunting."

The devoted family man doesn't flaunt his wealth, but his home is his pride and joy. He owns two magnificent homes
in the San Francisco area, drives pricey cars, bought himself a jet and is co-owner of a Bay Area restaurant. Forbes
magazine has ranked him the nations top 40 and his fortune has been estimated at $150 million, not bad for a stand-
up comedian who plays with talking green slime.

Through all of the scandals, the box office failures and accusations that he has lost his edge, Robin Williams has
remained one of America's most loved celebrities. Despite harsh criticism, people turned out in droves to see "Patch
Adams," 1998 and always seem willing to give the star the benefit of the doubt. In 2001, Williams is set to star in "The

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Interpreter," in which he winds up mediating an international crisis. Pulling double duty as producer and star, he will
then tackle the cyber-thriller "Rim" and the biopic "Damien of Molokai," an account of the Belgian priest who tended
to members of a Hawaiian leper colony in the late 1800s.

The actor’s publicist announced on 9 August 2006 that Williams had checked himself into rehabilitation the previous
month for help with a recurring drinking problem.

On 21 March 2008 in San Francisco, California, his wife of 19 years, Marsha Garces Williams, filed for a divorce. They
had been separated since the end of December 2007. In March 2009, Williams cancelled his touring show "Weapons of
Mass Destruction." The entertainer had experienced shortness of breath and was told he needed an aortic valve
replacement. He underwent the surgery on 13 March 2009 at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

On 11 August 2014 at around 11:55 a.m. PDT, Williams was found unconscious at his residence in Tiburon, California,
and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:02 p.m., apparently from suicide by hanging himself. According to his
publicist, Williams was "battling severe depression" in the time before his death. In the media, police lieutenant Keith
Boyd is quoted as: "Mr. Williams, at that time, was cool to the touch with rigor mortis present in his body". This
implies that his death happened many hours before discovery.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Link to Astrodienst discussion forum (http://www.astrodienst.com/cgi/forum.cgi?num=1000011923)

associate relationship with Entertainment: Peter Pan (born 27 December 1904). Notes: Played Peter Pan in 1991
film "Hook"

associate relationship with JoJo (born 20 December 1990). Notes: co-stars in "RV"

associate relationship with Moore, Mandy (born 10 April 1984). Notes: co-stars in "License to Wed"

associate relationship with Travolta, John (born 18 February 1954). Notes: co-stars in "Old Dogs"

friend relationship with Reeve, Christopher (born 25 September 1952)

parent->child relationship with Williams, Zelda (born 31 July 1989)

compare to chart of Duvalier, Jean-Claude (born 3 July 1951)

role played of/by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (born 14 October 1890). Notes: 2013 film, "The Butler"

Family : Change residence 1978 (Moved to L.A.)

Relationship : Marriage 1978 (First marriage Valerie Velardi)

Work : New Job 14 September 1978 (Mork and Mindy)


chart Placidus Equal_H.

Death of Significant person 1982 (Friend Belushi died of OD)

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Relationship : Meet a significant person 1984 (Marsha worked as nanny for Zach)

Relationship : End significant relationship 1988 (First wife Valerie)

Family : Change in family responsibilities 1989 (Daughter Zelda born)

Relationship : Divorce dates 1 April 1989 (Divorce final from Valerie)


chart Placidus Equal_H.

Relationship : Marriage 30 April 1989 (Marsha, second marriage)


chart Placidus Equal_H.

Death of Father 18 October 1989


chart Placidus Equal_H.

Family : Change in family responsibilities 25 November 1991 (Son Cody born)


chart Placidus Equal_H.

Financial : Best Period 1997 (Forbes ranks him in top 40 at $50 million a year)

Work : Prize 1998 (Best Supportin Actor Oscar for Good Will Hunting)

Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital July 2006 (Rehab center for alcoholism)
chart Placidus Equal_H.

Relationship : End significant relationship 21 March 2008 (His wife filed for divorce)
chart Placidus Equal_H.

Health : Medical diagnosis March 2009 (Malfunctioning aortic valve)


chart Placidus Equal_H.

Health : Medical procedure 13 March 2009 (Surgery for aortic valve replacement)
chart Placidus Equal_H.

Death by Suicide 11 August 2014 in Tiburon (Age 63, hanged himself)


chart Placidus Equal_H.

B.C. in hand from the Wilsons. Legal use of CST for the
registry is assumed.

It must be noted that Illinois law required up to 1959 that all


births had to be registered using CST (6h west of GMT) even
during times when, like in July 1951, daylight saving time was
in force.

For birth time information coming out of official registers,


this is important. For birth time information coming out of
private recordings it should be assumed that 'wall clock time'
was used. Robin Williams is a case where the time is from the
official registry. Birth record

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Traits : Body : Diet unusual (Vegetarian)

Traits : Personality : Active (Manic)

Traits : Personality : Juggles lots at once (Manic performer)

Traits : Personality : Unique

Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Aortic valve)

Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Alcohol (For a period)

Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Drugs (For a period)

Family : Childhood : Advantaged (Affluent)

Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)

Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Three)

Lifestyle : Financial : Invest/ Property (Two huge homes)

Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy (Worth $150 million)

Personal : Death : Suicide

Vocation : Business : Business owner (Co-owner restaurant "Rubicon")

Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress

Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy

Vocation : Entertainment : Night Club/ Vaudeville (Improv)

Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star (Mork And Mindy)

Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer (Own production company "Blue Wolf Prod.")

Notable : Awards : Emmy

Notable : Awards : Oscar (Best Supporting Actor)

Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession

Notable : Book Collection : Occult/ Misc. Collection

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