Denise Nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died at 62. Nickerson suffered a stroke that left her in need of full-time care in June 2018.

Denise Nickerson, who played the bratty, bloated Violet Beauregarde in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and a sweet-natured orphan bedeviled by ghosts and werewolves on the classic ’60s ...

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(WFLA) – Denise Nickerson, the child star who is best known for her role as Violet Beauregarde in 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died. “She’s gone,” Nickerson’s son Josh and his wife ...