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name: "Marsha Garces Williams"
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imdb_id: "nm0931265"
tmdb_id: 11709
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 June 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T01:18:51.660329+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Marsha Garces Williams

## Identity

Marsha Garces Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marsha-garces-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marsha-garces-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0931265
- **TMDB ID:** 11709
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1902714
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Garces_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1902714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931265/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11709

Producer. Born 18 June 1956 in San Francisco.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 June 1956, San Francisco
- **Active:** 1993–1998
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Garces_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1902714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931265/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11709

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Mrs. Doubtfire*](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Patch Adams* (1998), Fi1m 47, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/patch-adams.md)
- *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Porcelain War* (2024), Co-Executive Producer
- *Jakob the Liar* (1999), Producer
- *Patch Adams* (1998), Executive Producer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/patch-adams.md)
- *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md)

## Gallery

- ![Marsha Garces Williams](https://film.one/media/person/83194/gallery-41247cb54464.jpg) Marsha Garces Williams — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Marsha_Williams_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Robin Williams and wife Marsha on the red carpet at the at the 61st Annual Academy Awards, 1989. NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post an](https://film.one/media/person/83194/gallery-b86a78e18b97.jpg) Robin Williams and wife Marsha on the red carpet at the at the 61st Annual Academy Awards, 1989. NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post an — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Robin_and_Marsha_Williams.jpg/1280px-Robin_and_Marsha_Williams.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1993: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (won), for *Mrs. Doubtfire*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2003: Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special (nominated)

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Play 1999: Tony Award for Best Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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