What is Darlene Cates?
{{Infobox person | name = Darlene Cates | image = | imagesize = | birthname = Rita Darlene Guthrie | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|12|13}} | birth_place = [[Borger, Texas|Borger]], [[Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|03|26|1947|12|13}} | death_place = [[Forney, Texas|Forney]], Texas, U.S. | occupation = [[Actress]] | years_active = 1993–2017 | spouse = {{marriage|Robert Cates|1963}} }} '''Darlene Cates''' ('''Rita Darlene Guthrie'''; December 13, 1947 – March 26, 2017) was an American actress. She played the [[obese]] housebound mother in the 1993 movie ''[[What's Eating Gilbert Grape]]''. Cates died of a [[heart attack]] on March 26, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/darlene-cates-dead-whats-eating-gilbert-grape-died-69-1202017746/|title=‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’ Star Darlene Cates Dies at 69|last=Kelley|first=Seth|date=March 28, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=March 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guidelive.com/movies/2017/03/28/forney-resident-darlene-cates-overweight-mom-eating-gilbert-grape-dies|title=Forney resident Darlene Cates, the overweight mom in 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape,' died|last=Cummings|first=Tommy|date=March 28, 2017|work=Dallas Morning News|access-date=March 28, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0146055}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cates, Darlene}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Actors from Dallas]] {{US-actor-stub}}