Marsha Garces Williams

Marsha Garces Williams
Williams at the 61st Academy Awards
Born	Marsha Garces (1956-06-18) June 18, 1956 (age 60) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Residence	San Francisco, California
Occupation	Film producer, philanthropist
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Robin Williams (m. 1989; div. 2010)
Children	2, including Zelda Williams

Marsha Garces Williams (born June 18, 1956) is an American film producer and philanthropist. She is the former wife of actor and comedian Robin Williams.

Marsha Garces Williams was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She grew up in Shorewood, Wisconsin and attended Shorewood High School. Garces' father, Leon Garces, was a Filipino born in Ubay, Bohol who moved to the United States in 1929. He later served in the United States Navy during World War II. Her mother, Ina Rachel Mattila, was Finnish.

Garces married Robin Williams on April 30, 1989, following the 1988 divorce from his first wife, Valerie. When the pair were married, Garces was already pregnant with Williams' child. Garces met Williams in 1984 when she was employed as a nanny for Williams' son Zachary. Previously, Garces was a painter working as a waitress. Their romantic relationship began in 1986. During their marriage, they had two children, Zelda Rae and Cody Alan, born in 1989 and 1991, respectively. In March 2008, she filed for divorce from Williams citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized in 2010.

After working as the family's nanny, Garces worked with Williams as his personal assistant on films such as Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) and Dead Poets Society (1989). She was later the producer for several of Williams' films. Together, they founded a film production company, Blue Wolf Productions, in 1991. Garces Williams has been involved philanthropically with organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and Seacology.