Denise Nickerson

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Denise Nickerson as the original Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Denise Nickerson being interviewed for the Pure Imagination documentary

Denise Nickerson (born April 1, 1959) is a former American child actress. She is probably best known for her roles as the gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and for her well regarded and important recurring role as Amy Jennings, in the highly rated (and still popular via DVD and reruns) gothic soap on ABC-TV's Dark Shadows that she played on from 1968-1970.

Here Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins gives comfort to Amy Jennings (played by Denise Nickerson) who was quite scared over Quentin Collins evil ghost on the Dark Shadows series.

Later on, Nickerson was a member of the Short Circus musical troupe in The Electric Company, an educational TV program for children. She also guest starred as a girlfriend of Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch.

Nickerson appeared in other shows and stage productions, before retiring from acting in her early twenties to be married.

[edit] External links

• The Official Denise Nickerson site
• "The Amy Jennings" (Denise Nickerson) ~Dark Shadows Page!