Actress Denise Nickerson, best known for her role as chatty gum-chewer Violet Beauregard in 1971's "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," has died, according to multiple reports citing a Facebook post ...

Denise Nickerson, the former child actor who was one of the stars of the beloved 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” has died at the age of 62. Nickerson was best known for her role as ...

What’s new is the way Cosm frames it. The film plays within a traditional rectangular screen at the center of the venue’s ...

'Wonka' actor who played Violet's dad dies at 87 ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) - Leonard Stone, who played the father who accompanied chronic gum-chewer Violet Beauregarde on a tour through a far-out candy ...

Gene Wilder was well known when he played Wonka, and he continued acting until the early 2000s. Some of the actors, including Peter Ostrum, quit show business after appearing in the movie. "Willy ...