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Darlene Cates
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American actress (1947-2017)
Film & TV
Borger, Texas, USA
Rita Darlene Cates (née Guthrie; December 13, 1947 – March 26, 2017) was an American actress. She became known for her role in the 1993 film What's Eating Gilbert Grape, in which she played the title character's housebound mother.
Known for
- Billboard — Penny2019
- Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga — Queen Darla2014
- Wolf Girl — Athena the Fat Lady2001
- Touched by an Angel — Claudia Bell1994
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape — Momma1993
- Picket Fences — Sophie Wallace1992
- The Word1990
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Darlene
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Borger
- Place of death
- Forney
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- end of work period
- 2017-00-00
- date of birth
- 1947-12-13
- date of death
- 2017-03-26
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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