Cast & creator
Denise Nickerson
Best known for Dark Shadows, The Electric Company, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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.
12
film credits
6
television credits
18
1951–2018 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (18)
Showing 18 of 18 credits
Dark Shadows
1966
The Electric Company
Allison - Member of the Short Circus
1971
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Violet Beauregarde
1971
The Brady Bunch
1969
Flipper
1964
After They Were Famous
Self
2002
Search for Tomorrow
1951
Howard
Shirley (archive footage)
2018
Smile
Shirley
1975
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
Self
2001
The Dark Side of Innocence
Gabriela Hancock
1976
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
Dena Pingitore
1973
Zero to Sixty
'Larry' Wilde
1978
Child of Glass
Connie Sue Armsworth
1978
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Amy Jennings (archive footage)
2009
Celluloid Bloodbath
Self
2012
The Neon Ceiling
Paula Miller
1971
The Koozebanian
Kana Nelson
1978