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Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by <a href="https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_refinitive_info">Refinitiv Lipper</a>. <br>Guilt from one friend’s death lead Robin Williams to another’s side <br>Lisa Jakub will never forget how much her former onscreen dad cared for her. <br>The 45-year-old former actress recalled when Robin Williams, who played her father in the 1993 comedy classic<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robin-williams-improvised-mrs-doubtfire-million-feet-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> "Mrs. Doubtfire,"</a> wrote a letter to her school principal after she found out she was being expelled because she’d spent so much time away filming. <br>"I got thrown out of high school on ‘Doubtfire,’" Jakub revealed on former "Mrs. Doubtfire" castmate Matthew Lawrence’s "Brotherly Love" podcast this week. <br>"I was attending high school in Canada, and then I left for like four months to go film the movie, and we were going to set up this system, right? This is pre-internet where I would mail my schoolwork back and forth to the school and we did that for a while."<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robin-williams-kids-pay-tribute-late-actor-72nd-birthday-love-you-forever" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>ROBIN WILLIAMS' KIDS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LATE ACTOR ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 72ND BIRTHDAY: ‘LOVE YOU FOREVER’</strong></a><br><span>Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire. </span> <span>( 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)</span><br>But, she said, despite that effort on her part and the three hours of onset tutoring the child actors all had each day, the school eventually sent her a note that said, "'This isn’t working for us anymore. Don’t come back.' Ninth grade, I was devastated."<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robin-williams-remembered-by-mrs-doubtfire-co-stars-25-years-later-he-was-open-and-honest-about-his-addiction" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>ROBIN WILLIAMS REMEMBERED BY ‘MRS. DOUBTFIRE’ CO-STARS 25 YEARS LATER: 'HE WAS OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT HIS ADDICTION'</strong></a><br>She added, "It was just so heartbreaking 'cause I had this life that was very unusual and that was kind of the one normal thing." <br>Jakub said the "amazing thing" was that Williams saw she was upset, asked her about it and ultimately ended up "writing a letter to my principal saying that he wanted them to rethink this decision and that I was just trying to pursue my education and my career at the same time and could they please support me in this?"<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER</u></strong></a><br>Ironically, she said her former principal framed the letter from the comedy legend and put it up in his office, "but didn’t ask me to come back. Amazing."<br><span>Lisa Jakub at the 1993 premiere of "Mrs. Doubtfire." </span> <!----><br>Jakub, who said she left acting at 22 years old without a high school degree, said she eventually got her GED and now, among other things, runs a nonprofit that helps military veterans adjust back to civilian life. <br>"You know what's incredible? Like the enduring power of this film. It’s unbelievable," Lawrence said while they reminisced about "Mrs. Doubtfire" after being joined by their third onscreen sibling, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mara-wilson-britney-spears-mistreatment-terrifying-sexualization-child-stars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mara Wilson</a>. "It’s arguably one of the best family comedies ever – probably ever, actually. It’s incredible how much it has meant to people and generations of people."<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS</u></strong></a><br><span>Lisa Jakub now runs a nonprofit that helps military veterans, among other things.</span> <span>(Bobby Bank/Getty Images)</span><br>Later in the podcast, Jakub said that Williams, a famous improver, taught her that craft. <br>"I had been working for a decade when I started on 'Doubtfire,’ but we had always used a script, so I knew when it was my turn to speak, and I could say my line, right? And then you go on set with Robin, and it’s like who the f--- knows what’s going to happen now!’" she laughed. "And so you had to be really present." <br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robin-williams-daughter-zelda-birthday-donating-homeless-shelters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>ROBIN WILLIAMS' DAUGHTER ZELDA HONORS LATE FATHER'S 69TH BIRTHDAY BY DONATING TO HOMELESS SHELTERS</u></strong></a><br><span>Robin Williams at the "Mrs. Doubtfire" premiere. </span> <span>(Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)</span><br>She said working with the comedian, who died in 2014, was much more "meditative" than her past acting experiences, which she described as more "rote."<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a><br>"You know you’re just going to go with it because he’s Robin and you can trust him," she added.<br>Who's making headlines in television, music, movies and more from Hollywood to the Heartland.<br>Subscribed<br>You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter!<br> This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. 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