
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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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971 · as Violet Beauregarde

Smile
1975 · as Shirley

Howard
2018 · as Shirley (archive footage)

Zero to Sixty
1978 · as 'Larry' Wilde

Child of Glass
1978 · as Connie Sue Armsworth

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

Celluloid Bloodbath
2012 · as Self

The Neon Ceiling
1971 · as Paula Miller

The Dark Side of Innocence
1976 · as Gabriela Hancock

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
2009 · as Amy Jennings (archive footage)

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
1973 · as Dena Pingitore

The Koozebanian
1978 · as Kana Nelson