Actor profile

Denise Nickerson

1st April 1957 New York City, New York, USA Acting

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 Movies 6 TV Shows 18 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Howard poster

Howard 22nd April 2018 as Shirley (archive footage)

Celluloid Bloodbath poster

Celluloid Bloodbath 9th October 2012 as Self

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood poster

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood 15th September 2009 as Amy Jennings (archive footage)

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' poster

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' 13th November 2001 as Self

The Koozebanian poster

The Koozebanian 10th October 1978 as Kana Nelson

Zero to Sixty poster

Zero to Sixty 1st June 1978 as 'Larry' Wilde

Child of Glass poster

Child of Glass 14th May 1978 as Connie Sue Armsworth

The Dark Side of Innocence poster

The Dark Side of Innocence 20th May 1976 as Gabriela Hancock

Smile poster

Smile 9th July 1975 as Shirley

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids poster

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids 17th October 1973 as Dena Pingitore

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory poster

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 29th June 1971 as Violet Beauregarde

The Neon Ceiling poster

The Neon Ceiling 8th February 1971 as Paula Miller

After They Were Famous poster

After They Were Famous 30th March 2002 as Self

The Electric Company poster

The Electric Company 25th October 1971 as Allison - Member of the Short Circus

The Brady Bunch poster

The Brady Bunch 26th September 1969

Dark Shadows poster

Dark Shadows 27th June 1966

Flipper poster

Flipper 19th September 1964

Search for Tomorrow poster

Search for Tomorrow 3rd September 1951