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Denise Nickerson

Acting Born Apr 1, 1957 New York City, New York, USA 18 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Dark Shadows (1966)
  • The Brady Bunch (1969)
  • The Electric Company (1971) as Allison - Member of the Short Circus
  • Flipper (1964)
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) as Violet Beauregarde
  • Search for Tomorrow (1951)
  • After They Were Famous (2002) as Self
  • Howard (2018) as Shirley (archive footage)
  • Smile (1975) as Shirley
  • Zero to Sixty (1978) as 'Larry' Wilde
  • Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' (2001) as Self
  • Child of Glass (1978) as Connie Sue Armsworth
  • The Neon Ceiling (1971) as Paula Miller
  • The Man Who Could Talk to Kids (1973) as Dena Pingitore
  • Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood (2009) as Amy Jennings (archive footage)
  • The Dark Side of Innocence (1976) as Gabriela Hancock
  • Celluloid Bloodbath (2012) as Self
  • The Koozebanian (1978) as Kana Nelson