Darlene Cates –
Actress, Texan, muumuu model.
December 13, 1947 – March 26, 2017.
Aged 69 years.
Most Recognized for: She played Leonardo DiCaprio’s housebound, morbidly-obese mother in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” She followed it with a few other movie & TV appearances, but roles for a person her size were pretty… slim. Besides, most producers couldn’t afford the shipping & handling charges of getting her on set.
