Birth Name: Rita Darlene Guthrie
Occupation: Movie Actress
Place Of Birth: TX
Date Of Birth: December 13, 1947
Date Of Death: March 26, 2017
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: American
Darlene Cates was born on the 13th of December, 1947. She was best known for being a Movie Actress. She became known for her role as the obese, housebound mother in the film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape .
Darlene Cates was born in TX. She was spotted by Gilbert Grape director Peter Hedges while appearing on Sally Jessy Raphael. She had a lifelong struggle with obesity, weighing as much as 550 lbs.
Darlene Cates was a Sagittarius and was born in the Baby Boomers Generation.
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Childhood
Darlene Cates was born in 1940s. The early 1940s were dominated by World War II. Following the end of the war, it was the start of the Baby Boomer years and technology advancements such as the jet engine, nuclear fusion, radar, rocket technology and others later became the starting points for Space Exploration and Improved Air Travel. The 40s also brought us the Slinky, Velcro, Jeep, Tupperware and Frisbee. Discover what happened on this day.
Rita Darlene Guthrie is part of the Baby boomers generation. Also known as "boomers", are the result of the end of World War II, when birth rates across the world spiked. They are associated with a rejection of traditional values. These hippie kids protested against the Vietnam War and participated in the civil rights movement.
Education
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Family
Darlene Cates’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and her father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Darlene Cates’s parents.
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Personal Life
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Darlene Cates was born in the Year of the Pig.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Rita Darlene Guthrie |
| NICKNAME: | Darlene |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | Baby Boomers Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Sunday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Darlene Cates was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: Darlene Cates was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are nice and good-mannered. They're always forgiving of other people's mistakes, which at times can translate to naivete and gullibility.
Ruling Planet: Darlene Cates had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
Darlene Cates’s birth sign is Sagittarius and she had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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