Denise Nickerson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Denise Nickerson was best known for her role as Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and as a member of the Short Circus on The Electric Company (1971). She left the acting business at the end of 1978, and she worked as a nurse since then. Now, she spends time at home as a full-time mom. She will be remembered as ...
Zero to Sixty, Child of Glass, Smile, The Man Who Could Talk to Kids, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
TV Shows
Search for Tomorrow, The Electric Company
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
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Nickerson auditioned for the role of Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist, but pulled out after her parents objected to the material presented in the script.
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Nickerson's career was temporarily put on hold in November 1976 when she was struck by a car while crossing the street. The injury landed her in a full leg cast for eight months.
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Living as a single mother in Colorado. [December 2003]
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Lives in Iowa and is an accountant and a full-time single mom to her 10-year-old son. [January 2001]
She was considered for the role of Regan in The Exorcist (1973) but her mother refused to allow her to screen-test for it after reading the script.
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Though most people remember her as the gum-chewing brat Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Denise played a very different character in a famous stage disaster--a musical production of Lolita (1962) (called "Lolita, My Love," which also starred Leonard Frey and Dorothy Loudon). The musical was written by John Barry and Alan Jay Lerner, and although it failed, many of its songs have since been recorded.
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Denise now works as an accountant in Colorado. She sometimes attends autograph shows and Dark Shadows (1966) fan conventions.
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Has a son named Josh with her ex-husband Mark Willard.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zero to Sixty
1978
'Larry' Wilde
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1978
TV Series
Connie Sue Armsworth
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
1976
TV Series
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
TV Movie
Gabriela Hancock
Smile
1975
Shirley - Young American Miss
If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?
1974
TV Movie
Sophie Pennington
The Brady Bunch
1974
TV Series
Pamela Phillips
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
1973
TV Movie
Dena Pingitore
The Electric Company
1972-1973
TV Series
Allison - Member of the Short Circus
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1972
TV Series
Ardis Carpenter
Search for Tomorrow
1971-1972
TV Series
Liza Walton Kaslo Sentell Kendall
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
Violet Beauregarde
The Neon Ceiling
1971
TV Movie
Paula Miller
Dark Shadows
1968-1970
TV Series
Amy Jennings
Nora Collins
Amy Collins
Flipper
1965
TV Series
Tina
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Citizen Candy Man: A Chocumentary
2005
Short everlasting thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Celluloid Bloodbath: More Prevues from Hell
2012
Herself
Beyond the Marquee
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Top Chef: Just Desserts
2011
TV Series
Herself
After They Were Famous
2003
TV Series documentary
Herself
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'
2001
Video documentary short
Herself
Dark Shadows 30th Anniversary Tribute
1996
Documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dark Shadows: Behind the Scenes
1991
Video
Amy Jennings
Known for movies
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) as Violet Beauregarde
Dark Shadows (1968-1970) as Amy Jennings / Nora Collins / Amy Collins
The Electric Company (1972-1973) as Allison - Member of the Short Circus
$18 Million
