How time flies: it’s been 30 years since the actor, who died in 2014 Robin Williams Dressed as a housekeeper and nanny in the comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire” made the cinema audience laugh. When Williams loses his job in the role of voice impersonator and actor Daniel Hillard and is thrown out by his wife, a dispute erupts over custody of their three children, which is awarded to his wife. Daniel receives conditions for future joint custody. In order to see his children regularly, he decides, in a disguised voice, to hire Euphegenia Doubtfire as his ex’s nanny and domestic help.
The child stars on “Mrs. Doubtfire” today
The children who played William’s offspring at the time Mara Wilson (35), Matthew Lawrence (42) and Add Jakub (44) were six, thirteen and fifteen years old when the blockbuster was first shown on the big screen in 1993. In the meantime, a lot of time has passed – and the former child stars have long since grown up.
Mara Wilson
Mara Wilson, also known from the children’s film “Matilda”, played the youngest member of the family in “Mrs. Doubtfire”. Today, the Los Angeles-born actress is rarely seen on screen – although she has picked up some acting jobs in recent years, including a role in the series “Big Hero 6” (2018) and 2016 as a waitress in “Broad City”.
After her mother’s early death Suzie, who died of breast cancer at the age of 43, Wilson had only accepted a handful of roles before taking a 12-year hiatus from Hollywood. She tried her hand as a screenwriter instead, penning the 2013 play Sheeple, which premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival. In 2015, Wilson appeared in a feature film for the first time in 15 years. In the independent film “Billie Bob Joe” by director Joe Kowalski she took the leading role. In 2016, the former child star announced that she was bisexual. Wilson also published an autobiography, Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame.
