title: Libby Villari
Mary Kate Schellhardt
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Leonardo DiCaprio
Darlene Cates
Kevin Tighe filmography
Charlize Theron filmography
Juliette Lewis
Leonardo DiCaprio filmography
Lasse Hallström
sentences: Margaret Elizabeth "Libby" Villari (née Webb; born November 17, 1951) is an American actress.
 She is best known for her recurring role as Mayor Lucy Rodell on "Friday Night Lights".
 Her film appearances include "Infamous", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Boys Don't Cry", and "The Faculty".
Mary Kate Schellhardt (born November 1, 1978) is an American actress.
 She is known for her roles as Ellen in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993), and in Ron Howard's "Apollo 13" (1995).
What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Darlene Cates and Leonardo DiCaprio.
 The film follows 24-year-old Gilbert (Depp), a grocery store clerk caring for his morbidly obese mother and mentally impaired younger brother in a sleepy Midwestern town.
 Peter Hedges wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1991 novel of the same name.
 The film was well-received; DiCaprio received his first Academy Award nomination for his role.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio ( ; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer, and environmental activist.
 DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s, after which he had recurring roles in various television series such as the soap opera "Santa Barbara" and the sitcom "Growing Pains".
 He began his film career by starring as Josh in "Critters 3" (1991).
 He starred in the film adaptation of the memoir "This Boy's Life" (1993), and was praised for his supporting role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993).
 He gained public recognition with leading roles in "The Basketball Diaries" (1995) and the romantic drama "Romeo + Juliet" (1996), before achieving international fame with James Cameron's epic romance "Titanic" (1997), which became the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron's science fiction film "Avatar" (2009) overtook it.
Darlene Cates (born Rita Darlene Guthrie; December 13, 1947 – March 26, 2017) was an American actress.
 She was best known for her role in the 1993 film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", in which she played the title character's housebound mother.
Kevin Tighe (b. Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theatre since the late 1960s.
 He attended University of Southern California where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting.
 Tighe earned a role in "The Graduate" starring Dustin Hoffman and then served in the U.S. Army.
 Following his military service, he returned to acting, working under contract for Paramount Pictures.
 In 1971 he signed a contract with Universal Studios and got the part of Fireman Roy DeSoto on the NBC series "Emergency!
" (1972–77).
 He has made many guest appearances in TV shows such as "Ellery Queen", "Cos", and "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries".
 Tighe's film credits include "Road House", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", and "Jade".
 Tighe won a Genie Award for best supporting actor in 1994 for "I Love a Man in Uniform".
 In the 2000s he played Anthony Cooper, the father of John Locke, on the ABC series "Lost".
Charlize Theron is a South African-born American actress who made her film debut in an uncredited role as a follower of a cult in the 1995 horror film "".
 Theron followed this with appearances as a hitwoman in "2 Days in the Valley", a waitress in the romantic comedy "Trial and Error" (1997), and a woman suffering with schizophrenia in the mystery thriller "The Devil's Advocate" (1997) with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino.
 She appeared in the science fiction thriller "The Astronaut's Wife" with Johnny Depp, and Lasse Hallström's "The Cider House Rules" (both in 1999).
 For her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the crime drama "Monster" (2003), Theron received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
 The following year, she played Swedish entertainer Britt Ekland in the biographical film "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers".
Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress and singer.
 She gained fame for her role in Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake of the thriller "Cape Fear" for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
 This followed with major roles in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Natural Born Killers", "Strange Days", "The Evening Star", "Kalifornia", "From Dusk till Dawn", "The Other Sister" and "Conviction".
 Her work in television has resulted in two Emmy nominations.
Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and producer who started his career performing as a child on television.
 He appeared on the shows "The New Lassie" (1989) and "Santa Barbara" (1990) and also had long running roles in the comedy-drama "Parenthood" (1990) and the sitcom "Growing Pains" (1991), before making his film debut in the 1991 direct-to-video release "Critters 3".
 Two years later, he played Tobias Wolff opposite Robert De Niro in "This Boy's Life" (1993).
 He followed this with a supporting role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
 In 1995, DiCaprio played the American author Jim Carroll in "The Basketball Diaries" and the French poet Arthur Rimbaud in "Total Eclipse".
 The following year he played Romeo Montague in the Baz Luhrmann-directed film "Romeo + Juliet" (1996).
 DiCaprio starred opposite Kate Winslet in the James Cameron-directed film "Titanic" (1997).
 The film became the highest grossing at the worldwide box-office, and made him famous globally.
 For his performance, he received the MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance and his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.
Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (] ; born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director.
 He first became known for directing almost all music videos by pop group ABBA, and subsequently became a feature film director.
 He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for "My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)" (1985) and later for "The Cider House Rules" (1999).
 His other celebrated directorial works include "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993) and "Chocolat" (2000).

Question: Question: What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, and which American actress, in which she played the title character's housebound mother? 

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 Margaret Elizabeth "Libby" Villari (née Webb; born November 17, 1951) is an American actress.
 She is best known for her recurring role as Mayor Lucy Rodell on "Friday Night Lights".
 Her film appearances include "Infamous", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Boys Don't Cry", and "The Faculty". 

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 Mary Kate Schellhardt (born November 1, 1978) is an American actress.
 She is known for her roles as Ellen in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993), and in Ron Howard's "Apollo 13" (1995). 

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 What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Darlene Cates and Leonardo DiCaprio.
 The film follows 24-year-old Gilbert (Depp), a grocery store clerk caring for his morbidly obese mother and mentally impaired younger brother in a sleepy Midwestern town.
 Peter Hedges wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1991 novel of the same name.
 The film was well-received; DiCaprio received his first Academy Award nomination for his role. 

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 Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio ( ; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer, and environmental activist.
 DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s, after which he had recurring roles in various television series such as the soap opera "Santa Barbara" and the sitcom "Growing Pains".
 He began his film career by starring as Josh in "Critters 3" (1991).
 He starred in the film adaptation of the memoir "This Boy's Life" (1993), and was praised for his supporting role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993).
 He gained public recognition with leading roles in "The Basketball Diaries" (1995) and the romantic drama "Romeo + Juliet" (1996), before achieving international fame with James Cameron's epic romance "Titanic" (1997), which became the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron's science fiction film "Avatar" (2009) overtook it. 

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 Darlene Cates (born Rita Darlene Guthrie; December 13, 1947 – March 26, 2017) was an American actress.
 She was best known for her role in the 1993 film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", in which she played the title character's housebound mother. 

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 Kevin Tighe (b. Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theatre since the late 1960s.
 He attended University of Southern California where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting.
 Tighe earned a role in "The Graduate" starring Dustin Hoffman and then served in the U.S. Army.
 Following his military service, he returned to acting, working under contract for Paramount Pictures.
 In 1971 he signed a contract with Universal Studios and got the part of Fireman Roy DeSoto on the NBC series "Emergency!
" (1972–77).
 He has made many guest appearances in TV shows such as "Ellery Queen", "Cos", and "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries".
 Tighe's film credits include "Road House", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", and "Jade".
 Tighe won a Genie Award for best supporting actor in 1994 for "I Love a Man in Uniform".
 In the 2000s he played Anthony Cooper, the father of John Locke, on the ABC series "Lost". 

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 Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress and singer.
 She gained fame for her role in Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake of the thriller "Cape Fear" for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
 This followed with major roles in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Natural Born Killers", "Strange Days", "The Evening Star", "Kalifornia", "From Dusk till Dawn", "The Other Sister" and "Conviction".
 Her work in television has resulted in two Emmy nominations. 

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 Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and producer who started his career performing as a child on television.
 He appeared on the shows "The New Lassie" (1989) and "Santa Barbara" (1990) and also had long running roles in the comedy-drama "Parenthood" (1990) and the sitcom "Growing Pains" (1991), before making his film debut in the 1991 direct-to-video release "Critters 3".
 Two years later, he played Tobias Wolff opposite Robert De Niro in "This Boy's Life" (1993).
 He followed this with a supporting role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
 In 1995, DiCaprio played the American author Jim Carroll in "The Basketball Diaries" and the French poet Arthur Rimbaud in "Total Eclipse".
 The following year he played Romeo Montague in the Baz Luhrmann-directed film "Romeo + Juliet" (1996).
 DiCaprio starred opposite Kate Winslet in the James Cameron-directed film "Titanic" (1997).
 The film became the highest grossing at the worldwide box-office, and made him famous globally.
 For his performance, he received the MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance and his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. 

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Answer: Darlene Cates