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Denise Nickerson

Acting · Born April 1, 1957 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

Denise Nickerson movies and shows

  • Dark Shadows1966
  • The Electric Company1971
  • The Brady Bunch1969
  • Flipper1964
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971
  • After They Were Famous2002
  • Search for Tomorrow1951
  • Howard2018
  • Smile1975
  • Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'2001
  • Zero to Sixty1978
  • Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood2009
  • Child of Glass1978
  • The Dark Side of Innocence1976
  • The Man Who Could Talk to Kids1973
  • The Neon Ceiling1971
  • The Koozebanian1978
  • Celluloid Bloodbath2012