She sued him in 1986, claimingthat he did not tell her he was infected with the herpessimplex virus before he embarked on a sexual relationship withher in the mid-1980s, during which, she said, he transmitted thevirus to her. The case was settled out of court. Williams andVelardi divorced in 1988. On April 30, 1989, he married MarshaGarces, a Filipino American and Zachary's nanny, who wasseveral months pregnant with his child. They had two children,Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989) and Cody Alan Williams(born November 25, 1991). In March 2008, Garces filed fordivorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences. RobinWilliams was so good at his work that he kept improvising andthe writers of Mork and Mindy left gaps in the screenplay sothat he could improvise along with the play. Williams said hisfavorite celebrity to impersonate is Jack Nicholson, while DanaCarvey did his favorite celebrity impersonation of…
Leno's early acts drew from his life experience: growing up in New Rochelle, New York, and Amherst, Massachusetts, attending Emerson College, and enjoying popular culture. His college education affected his act in an unusual way at his first stage booking. After learning about American Indian history, he refused to do a skit filled with stereotypes of American Indian culture. The writer changed the skit to suit Leno, therefore, he agreed to move forward with the show. Despite Leno’s initial success guarding others’ dignity while on the job, his own career success required more trial and error. He spent about 15 years working his way around the comedy club scene, sleeping on friends’ sofas, and often performing for no…
Richard Pryor was born December 1, 1940, in Peoria, Illinois. He was the class clown in school and a community theater actor in his teens. For much of his youth, Pryor was left in his grandmother’s care and lived in a brothel that she ran. There is some speculative belief that he was sexually abused as a child. To step away from his grim reality, Pryor found solace in going to the movies. At the age of 14, Pryor was expelled from school and resulting in working a various string of jobs until he joined the military in 1958. He served in the…
Chris Rock grew up with a boy named Kenny Montero who he has often referred to as the inspiration for a lot of the episodes. In many interviews, Rock has described Kenny as the reason he got into comedy in the first place.…
“ I was a skinny little black kid with big eyes that took in the whole world and a wide smile that begged for more attention than anybody had to give.” Richard Franklin Lennox Pryor III started out as a kid with a hard life and big dreams, but by the end of his lifetime he’s know as an inspiration to many people around the world. He was born on December 1, 1940 in Peoria Illinois. His parents were Gertrude Thomas and Leroy Pryor, although he spent most of his time growing up with his grandmother, Marie Carter, and four other children in a brothel.…
Like Tyler Perry it was a positive aspect in his life. With this he got…
Betty Rogers’s wife died that same year, and rests beside her husband and son. Will Rogers ' political writings and sayings continue to remain appropriate to politics today, and his comedy and humor continue to endear him to audiences everywhere. The Will Rogers Institute, which supplies financial support for research on pulmonary diseases, was recognized as a proper memorial to the man who loved all human beings. People can visit the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore, Oklahoma and the Will Rogers Dog Iron Ranch & Birthplace Home in Oologah, Oklahoma. Before Will Rogers died he made 71 movies, 50 silent films and 21 "talkies”, wrote more than 4,000 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure. I feel like he was a great man and I would love to meet if he was still…
Protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain regions involved in thinking, memory and movement. Lewy body dementia causes a progressive decline in mental abilities. People with Lewy body dementia may experience visual hallucinations, and changes in alertness and attention. Which ultimatley could have caused him to become depressed. “The Marin County coroner said the official cause of death was suicide by hanging. Williams had no alcohol or drugs in his system and only normal levels of prescribed medications. Williams suffered from chronic depression and was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease in November 2013.” (WebMD article) Patients with Lewy body dementia are sometimes misdiagnosed with Parkinson's, which can lead to doctors to prescribe medications that make Lewy body dementia sypmtoms worse. Williams’ family believed that the Lewy body dementia caused his suicide but a resource said as that could be possible it would be unusual, because suicide does not usually occur in Lewy body dementia patients. We may never know the reason for Robin Williams’ death, but that shouldn’t matter, we should try to rememeber the good childhood and adulthood memories we all had of Robin…
Will Smith has been in numerous successful films during the last two decades that he has been acting. He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films reach the $100 million mark in the United States alone. Two of Will’s more recent films that he stared in are “I Am Legend” and “Hancock”. These two films are both the story of the struggles that a lonely man goes through just trying to survive each day.…
“A performer of extraordinary talent, Andy was beloved by generations of fans and revered by entertainers who followed in his footsteps. He brought us characters from Sheriff Andy to Ben Matlock, and in the process warmed the hearts of Americans everywhere.” said Obama. Andy entertained the world, and inspired all of our lives.…
John Towner Williams born February 8 1932 is an American composer, pianist and conductor. Born to Jazz percussionist Johnny Williams, who also played with Raymond Scott Quintet, John Williams was exposed to music from a very early age. Having moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s, he attended the University of Los Angeles and went on to study privately with Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Williams also spent a number of years conducting and arranging music for the US Air force band between 1952 and 1955.…
After college Robin experimented with comedy in LA and San Francisco where he developed a successful stand-up act. Robin got his first real break on the TV show Happy Days as Mork, an alien from outer space. He was an instant hit after one appearance and even got his own spin off called Mork and Mindy. Robin went on to achieve many successful films winning him academy awards for his roles in Good Morning Vietnam in 1987 and his role in Dead Poets Society in 1989.…
To understand Williams, one must first understand his life. His first place of employment was his father’s shoe factory. However, this was not to be his career. His mother encouraged him unceasingly to become a writer, and he worked toward that just as unceasingly. His mother…
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. He won many Oscars, Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy awards for his work. He stared in movies such as Hook, Aladdin, Bicentennial Man, Robots, Happy Feet, and Night at the Museum. Robin Williams had a long battle with cocaine and alcohol addiction. Robin Williams battled alcoholism and cocaine abuse in the early 1980s when he started becoming well known. At the time, he had been close friends with John Belushi, a fellow comedian. They would often party together. In 1982, John overdosed on a lethal combination of heroin and cocaine. This caused Robin to become sober. After 20 years of sobriety, Robin relapsed in 2006. He returned to rehab at Oregon's Hazelden Springbrook treatment center…
The author of this play, Tennessee Williams, is very famous for many of his controversial works that are based on his own personal life experiences. Growing up Tennessee Williams…