Published hours before news broke of the actor’s death at the age of 75, we celebrate the filmography of the seven-time muse of Robert Altman, from her standout role in The Shining to her zonked-out cameo in Annie Hall
April 2024
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Death to Smoochy: Robin Williams brings his manic energy to gleefully twisted children’s TV revenge-o-rama
Williams and Edward Norton play two TV hosts battling it out in Danny DeVito’s 2002 satire
November 2023
‘Two million feet’ of film needed to capture Robin Williams’ improvisations, says Mrs Doubtfire director
Each scene would have scripted takes and then Williams would ‘go off and it was something to behold’ says Chris Columbus
October 2022
Even Ted Hughes has fallen to the sickly cult of the twee
Martha Gill
The G2 interview
‘I didn’t cry until I knew I was going to live’: Monty Python’s Eric Idle on surviving pancreatic cancer
May 2022
Toasting not roasting: these comedians would surely mock Netflix’s hall of fame
Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Joan Rivers and Robin Williams are given their dues in The Hall but the event is oddly sanctimonious
March 2021
Beyond the Snyder cut: the other mythical films we're curious to see
From an R-rated Mrs Doubtfire to an ultra-violent Event Horizon, film history is littered with rumours of cuts that may or may not exist
January 2021
Robin's Wish review – how a comedy giant was destroyed by dementia
Robin Williams's widow: 'There were so many misunderstandings about what had happened to him'
December 2020
Robin's Wish review – sad salute to a master comedian
This warm documentary about Robin Williams reveals how much he was loved by those who knew him
May 2020
My favourite film aged 12
My favourite film aged 12: Mrs Doubtfire
Robin Williams was catnip to me as a kid and I loved his cross-dressing nanny in this bizarre and heartfelt tale of family love
February 2020
Instagram brought us so close to Caroline Flack that her death seems personal
Leah Green
As the line between celebrity and reality continues to blur, the grief we feel is changing too, says Guardian video producer Leah Green
July 2019
Dead Poets Society: 30 years on Robin Williams' stirring call to 'seize the day' endures
Luke Buckmaster
From its enthusiasm for literature to its rousing finale, Peter Weir’s film is a salute to inspiration itself
June 2019
'It's ghost slavery': the troubling world of pop holograms
Dead stars from Whitney Houston to Maria Callas are going on tour again. As Miley Cyrus explores the issue in a new Black Mirror, we uncover the greatest identity crisis in music today
October 2018
Robin Williams: eclectic collection owned by late actor to be auctioned
More than 300 items including a Golden Globe, street art by Banksy and autographed scripts will go for sale in New York
September 2018
Robin Williams: curios and mementoes for sale – in pictures
Sotheby’s has unveiled the catalogue for an auction showcasing memorabilia collected by the late actor and his former wife, Marsha – from props to publicity shots, Golden Globes to boxing gloves
July 2018
TV tonight
Sunday's best TV: Robin Williams – Come Inside My Mind; Poldark
Come Inside My Mind: star-studded documentary honors Robin Williams
June 2018
Big stars, little interest: when movie heavyweights fizzle on TV
Kevin Costner’s big budget soap Yellowstone has been savaged by critics and he’s not the only A-lister who has struggled on the small screen
March 2018
Robin Williams groped and flashed me on set, says Mork & Mindy co-star
‘I had the grossest things done to me,’ says Pam Dawber, but says she took no offence at the star’s lewd antics on the set of their hit sitcom
