Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has stood the test of time as a family classic, but the ending proves how much it ...

On film, the gum-chewing know-it-all Violet Beauregarde blew up into a blueberry in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. These days, the woman who played Violet, Denise Nickerson lives in Denver.

Denise Nickerson, best known for her role as the bratty, bubble gum-blowing Violet Beauregarde in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" died Wednesday night after complications from seizures and a ...

Denise Nickerson, the child star who played Violet Beauregarde in the Gene Wilder-starring film adaptation 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,' has died. By Katie Kilkenny Denise Nickerson ...

Willy Wonka was Ostrum’s only film ... Denise Nickerson, who played the gum-smacking future blueberry Violet Beauregarde, remembered Wilder as “talented and kindhearted,” signing her ...

Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone. Picture: Supplied Jasmine also asked for prayers for her husband ...

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