Biography
Marsha Garces Williams is an American film producer and philanthropist. Born Marsha Lynn Garces on 18 June 1956 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she grew up in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and attended Shorewood High School. She first worked as a nanny for Robin Williams's son before becoming his personal assistant on films including Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) and Dead Poets Society (1989).
In 1991, Garces Williams and Robin Williams founded the production company Blue Wolf Productions, of which she served as president. She produced Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy; she was executive producer on Patch Adams (1998) and producer on Jakob the Liar (1999). She has also produced the television special Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002) and the documentary Extinction Soup (2014).
Garces Williams has supported philanthropic organisations including Doctors Without Borders and Seacology. She was married to Robin Williams from 1989 until their divorce in 2010.
