--- title: Zelda Williams Pays Tribute to Her Father Robin on Twitter description: Robin Williams' daughter, actress Zelda Williams, said a public farewell to her father Monday night shortly after the 63-year-old's apparent suicide. canonical: https://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-12T14:27:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:55.190Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Robin Williams' daughter pays tribute to her father og:description: "I'll try to keep looking up" og:url: https://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robin Williams' daughter pays tribute to her father twitter:description: "I'll try to keep looking up" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Robin Williams' Daughter Pays Tribute to Her Father ## Video: Remembering Robin WIlliams: Watch The Actor's Best Performances [Watch (HLS stream): Remembering Robin WIlliams: Watch The Actor's Best Performances](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wrXgMxVS.m3u8) (4:11)  _Published 2014-08-12. Remembering Robin Williams: Supercut_ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 12, 2014 2:27 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 12, 2014 2:27 PM UTC Robin Williams’ daughter, actress Zelda Williams, said a public farewell to her father on social media Monday night, shortly after the 63-year-old’s apparent suicide. “I love you. I miss you. I’ll try to keep looking up,” she tweeted, accompanying the message with an Antoine De Saint-Exupery quote. > [](https://twitter.com/zeldawilliams/status/499045688559165440) The deceased actor’s last message on social media was directed towards Zelda, as well. “#tbt and Happy Birthday to Ms. Zelda Rae Williams!” [he wrote on Instagram](http://instagram.com/p/rIlM1LKuwr/?modal=true). “Quarter of a century old today but always my baby girl. Happy Birthday @zeldawilliams Love you!” Williams had three children; Zelda, Cody, and Zachary. ### Robin Williams' Life in Pictures  Robin Williams in the 8th grade at Detroit Country Day School in Birmingham, Mich. in 1965. Courtesy Williams Family  In the 8th grade, Robin Williams, #15, played on the basketball team at Detroit Country Day School. Seth Poppel—Yearbook Library  Robin Williams in high school. Courtesy Robin Williams  Williams' played the spinach-loving sailor Popeye in its eponymous 1980 film. Paramount/AP  Robin Williams in September of 1981 Steve Ringman—San Francisco Chronicle/Corbis  Robin Williams with his mom, Laurie Williams, during the premiere of "Moscow on The Hudson" at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif in 1984. Ron Galella—Wire Image/Getty Images  Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve at Silver Friedman's "The Original Improvisation" in New York in 1988. Jim Demetropoulos—Retna Ltd./Corbis  Robin Williams, third from right, dressed as a cheerleader on Nov. 12, 1979 with the Broncos' Pony Express cheerleaders during the filming of an episode of "Mork & Mindy," in Denver. AP  Robin Williams played radio DJ Adrian Cronauer in director Barry Levinson's comedy drama, Good Morning Vietnam in 1987. Touchstone Pictures/AP  Williams taught a generation to seize the day, to make their lives extraordinary, as John Keating in Dead Poets Society. Buena Vista Pictures  Williams played a grown up version of Peter Pan in the 1991 family classic Hook. TriStar Pictures  Williams lent his substantial talents to voicing Genie in Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin. Disney  Household chores were no match for Robin Williams as he donned layers of prosthetics to play Mrs. Doubtfire in the 1993 movie of the same name. 20th Century Fox  Williams starred as Alan Parrish, a boy stuck inside a board game for twenty-six years in the 1995 film Jumanji. TriStar Pictures  Starring opposite a young Matt Damon, Williams played Dr. Sean Maguire, in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting. Miramax  Williams played a living android in the 1999 film Bicentennial Man. Buena Vista  Williams took on the likeness of Teddy Roosevelt in Ben Stiller's Night at the Museum. 20th Century Fox  Robin Williams and his family are seen with their dogs on May 2005\. From left to right: Kiwi (poodle), son Cody Williams, Robin Williams, daughter Zelda Williams, Marsha Williams and Mizu (poodle) Lacy Atkins—Emily Scott Pottruck/Trails of Devotion ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/"},"headline":"Robin Williams' Daughter Pays Tribute to Her Father","datePublished":"2014-08-12T14:27:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:55.190Z","description":"\"I'll try to keep looking up,\" the actress wrote","url":"https://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/","keywords":["celebrities","robin williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/","name":"Robin Williams' Daughter Pays Tribute to Her Father"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Remembering Robin WIlliams: Watch The Actor's Best Performances","description":"Remembering Robin Williams: Supercut","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wrXgMxVS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-12T14:12:59.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wrXgMxVS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/","duration":"PT4M11S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3103485/robin-williams-dead-daughter-zelda-tribute/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```