Denise Nickerson

Acting

Denise Nickerson

Born 1957-04-01 · New York City, New York, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denise Nickerson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory poster
7.5

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971

Smile poster
6.0

It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?

Smile

1975

Howard poster
6.8

Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.

Howard

2018

Celluloid Bloodbath poster
4.4

DEFINITION: 'Celluloid' - Motion picture film, cinema film. 'Bloodbath' - Savage, indiscriminate killing, a massacre. CELLULOID BLOODBATH: MORE PREVUES FROM HELL - the long-awaited sequel to 1987's horror cult classic, MAD RON'S PREVUES FROM HELL. An awesome collection of 61 over-the-top horror movie prevues, from the golden Grindhouse age, spanning the 1960's through the 1980's! Also features commentary from film makers, actors, critics and fans, that make this a true, incredibly entertaining, one-of-a-kind movie-going experience!

Celluloid Bloodbath

2012

Child of Glass poster
5.6

Alexander Armsworth and his family move to an authentic antebellum mansion which once was owned by a river pirate. Alexander is drawn into a century-old mystery when he sees the ghost of a little girl and she asks for his help in finding the "child of glass" by reciting a riddle. He has only a day or two to solve the riddle...or be haunted for the rest of his life!

Child of Glass

1978

The Dark Side of Innocence poster
9.0

A suburban housewife's feeling that her life is standing still causes her to divorce her husband. This causes tension with her daughter, who bitterly resents her walking out on the family, and her mother, whose own beliefs about marriage and family are jolted by her daughter's divorce.

The Dark Side of Innocence

1976

Zero to Sixty poster
4.6

A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners.

Zero to Sixty

1978

The Koozebanian poster
NR

American horror movie from 1978.

The Koozebanian

1978

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' poster
6.7

Retrospective documentary on the making of the cult classic "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."

Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'

2001

The Neon Ceiling poster
7.8

A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work is the neon sculptures he collects and attaches to the ceiling.

The Neon Ceiling

1971

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids poster
6.5

An emotionally disturbed young boy shuts out all of his family and friends. A counselor tries to help bring him and his family together again.

The Man Who Could Talk to Kids

1973

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood poster
9.4

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood is a DVD compilation of episodes 639 to 694, key scenes from which have been edited together to form a three hour feature. It focuses on Quentin Collins' possession of David Collins & Amy Jennings.

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

2009