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Denise Nickerson

Denise Nickerson

Actor · 1957–2019 · New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Acted in 15

2000s

  1. 2009

    Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

    Amy Jennings (archive footage)

1970s

  1. 1978

    The Koozebanian

    Kana Nelson

  2. Zero to Sixty

    'Larry' Wilde

  3. Child of Glass

    Connie Sue Armsworth

  4. 1976

    The Dark Side of Innocence

    Gabriela Hancock

  5. 1975
  6. 1973

    The Man Who Could Talk to Kids

    Dena Pingitore

  7. 1971
  8. The Neon Ceiling

    Paula Miller

1950s

  1. 1951

    Search for Tomorrow

    TV

Appearances3

2010s

  1. 2012

    Celluloid Bloodbath

    Self

2000s

  1. 2002

    After They Were Famous

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 2001

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

    Self