Robin Williams – Blog EBE https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg English Book Education Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:13:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-English-Book-Education-Symbol-02-32x32.png Robin Williams – Blog EBE https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg 32 32 Book of the Week: Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/book-of-the-week-madame-doubtfire-by-anne-fine/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:13:09 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=3651 9780140373554

Lydia, Christopher, and Natalie Hilliard hate that their parents are in the midst of a divorce. Because their father Daniel is an all-too-often unemployed actor, their mother Miranda gets temporary custody of them.

Desperate to spend more time with his family, Daniel cleverly responds to Miranda’s ad for a housekeeper, disguised as the capable yet eccentric Madame Doubtfire. The kids want to keep their dad, but how far should they go to keep his secret?

Miranda’s three children thoroughly enjoy their huge, overdressed baby sitter/cleaning woman who is actually their father in disguise, and they dread the day when their mother discovers Madame Doubtfire is really her ex-husband.

This highly acclaimed book is now a Motion Picture from 20th Century Fox entitled Mrs. Doubtfire.

Buy the Book ]]> Interesting Facts about Robin Williams https://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/interesting-facts-about-robin-williams/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:32:34 +0000 http://englishbookgeorgia.com/blogebg/?p=1491 After a nearly 40-year career in Hollywood, Robin Williams was found dead on Monday, August 11 2014 at the age of 63.

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Here are some interesting facts about his life:

  • Robin Williams studied political science, before enrolling at Juilliard School to study theatre
  • In 1997 he was voted funniest man alive by Entertainment Weekly
  • When he auditioned for the role of Mork from Ork on Happy Days (1974) – his first TV appearance, producer Garry Marshall told him to sit down. Williams immediately sat on his head on the chair. Marshall hired him, saying that he was the only alien who auditioned
  • He was was voted ‘least likely to succeed’ at school
  • Most of his dialogue in Aladdin (1992) was ad-libbed
  • He was frequently called up by Steven Spielberg when he was filming Schindler’s List (1993). He would put him on speaker phone so he could tell jokes to the cast and crew to cheer them up
  • As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990) and Good Will Hunting (1997)

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Click here to see the list of some of his greatest performances. Which one is your favorite?

Source: IMDB

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