The child actor also starred in 'Dark Shadows' and 'The Electric Company.'
Denise Nickerson, the child star who played Violet Beauregarde in the 1971, Gene Wilder-starring film adaptation, has died. Nickerson was taken off life support on Tuesday night after the former actress suffered a seizure, and she died Wednesday night. She was 62., which read, "She's gone." Earlier on Wednesday, the family shared, "They just took off all the equipment. None of it was helping, but making her only more uncomfortable.
Born in New York City in 1957, Nickerson's first major acting role came in the form of the characters Amy Jennings and Nora Collins onbetween 1968 and 1970. When she was 13, she was cast as the gum-snapping Violet Beauregarde, who has bad manners but a competitive edge due to her participation in gum-chewing competitions; she is eventually second to leave the story's eponymous chocolate factory.
In 2016, Nickerson remembered the late Gene Wilder during her time shooting the Mel Stuart-directed film film. “I’m a very fortunate lady to have been chosen to be a part of something that brings smiles to so many faces,” she toldat the time. “And working with Gene, he talked in a very soft whisper, nothing much furled his feathers, you know? He was such a kind, tender-hearted man. And for him to put up with us, my God what patience he must’ve needed for five of us running around [on set].
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