Darlene Cates

Actor Dec 13 (died age 69) Borger, Texas, USA 1992–2019 (27 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

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

Film

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Bonnie Grape

Film

Wolf Girl

Athena the Fat Lady

Film

Touched by an Angel

Claudia Bell

Film

Picket Fences

Sophie Wallace

Film

Billboard

Penny

Filmography

Acting (6)

Movies (4)

Billboard

2019

as Penny

3.7

Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga

2014

as Queen Darla

Wolf Girl

2001

as Athena the Fat Lady

5.1

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993

as Bonnie Grape

7.7

Television (2)

Touched by an Angel

as Claudia Bell

Picket Fences

as Sophie Wallace