
Denise Nickerson
Biography
Denise Nickerson (April 1, 1957-July 10, 2019) was an American former actress best known for her roles as the gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as well as Amy Jennings and Nora Collins in the soap opera Dark Shadows. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denise Nickerson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
as Violet Beauregarde
1971

Smile
as Shirley
1975

Celluloid Bloodbath
as Self
2012

Howard
as Shirley (archive footage)
2018

The Neon Ceiling
as Paula Miller
1971

The Dark Side of Innocence
as Gabriela Hancock
1976

Zero to Sixty
as 'Larry' Wilde
1978

The Koozebanian
as Kana Nelson
1978

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
as Self
2001

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
as Amy Jennings (archive footage)
2009

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
as Dena Pingitore
1973

Child of Glass
as Connie Sue Armsworth
1978





