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Denise Nickerson

American actress (–)

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Born()April 1,

New York City, U.S.

DiedJuly 10, () (aged&#;62)

Aurora, Colorado, U.S.

OccupationActress
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Denise Marie Nickerson (April 1, – July 10, )[1] was an American former child actress.

At the age of 13, she starred as Violet Beauregarde in the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. She later played Allison on The Electric Company, and had recurring roles as Amy Jennings, Nora Collins, and Amy Collins in the soap operaDark Shadows. She retired from acting in and later worked as a receptionist and office manager.

Early life

Nickerson was born on April 1, , in New York City,[3] to Florence Bickford, a clerical worker, and Fred Nickerson, a mail carrier. The family, along with older sister Carol, moved to Miami. Nickerson, at the age of two, appeared in a television commercial for a Florida heating company.

At the age of four she was discovered at a fashion show by Broadway Theatre producer Zev Buffman of drama school the Neighborhood Playhouse.

Career

Theatre

In , when she was five, Nickerson was in a play of Peter Pan as Wendy's daughter starring Betsy Palmer at Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse.

Buffman selected Nickerson to go on the road with the play, first to Washington, D.C. When Nickerson was nine, the play ended. Her parents moved Carol and Nickerson back to New York City at 56th and Lexington in a studio apartment, while they stayed with her grandmother in Massachusetts.

In , Nickerson, at 13, was cast as the nymphet Lolita, replacing the original actress Annette Ferra in the ill-fated musical, Lolita, My Love during its run in Boston, which closed on the road before reaching Broadway.[3][5]

Film and television

Nickerson made appearances in the s on such shows as The Doctors as Kate Harris, opposite Bill Bixby in an unsold television pilot called Rome Sweet Rome, and on The New Phil Silvers Show.

Nickerson's big break came in when she joined the cast of ABC Daytime's Dark Shadows, appearing as recurring characters Amy Jennings, Nora Collins, and Amy Collins from to [9][10] Upon leaving Dark Shadows, she appeared in the television movieThe Neon Ceiling.[11][12] That year, she appeared in her signature role as gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, based on Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.[9][10][13]

From to , Nickerson joined the cast of The Electric Company as "Allison", a member of the Short Circus music group.

Producers saw the potential in her fresh face and had her sing lead on several songs, including "The Sweet Sweet Sway". She guest starred as Pamela Phillips, one of two dates Peter Brady had on one night, in a final-season episode of The Brady Bunch titled "Two Petes in a Pod". She auditioned for the role of Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist, losing to Linda Blair.[14] Also in , Nickerson was Sophie Pennington, alongside Teddy Eccles, in the unsold television pilot If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?, based on M.

E. Kerr's novel of the same name.[15][16]

Nickerson created the role of Liza Walton on the CBS Daytime soap opera, Search for Tomorrow.

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    • She remained with the series until producers decided to age the character and make her one of the show's romantic heroines.[3][12]

    Later career

    In , Nickerson starred in the TV movie The Man Who Could Talk to Kids, opposite Peter Boyle and Scott Jacoby.[17] In she appeared in the satiric, beauty-pageant inspired motion picture Smile, as Miss San Diego Shirley Tolstoy, also starring a young Melanie Griffith and Annette O'Toole.

    In , Nickerson appeared in the film Zero to Sixty opposite Darren McGavin and Sylvia Miles, and the TV film Child of Glass.

    Post-acting career

    After turning 21, Nickerson quit acting and subsequently began nursing school, but ultimately worked as a receptionist and later as an office manager/accountant in a doctor's office.[10]

    Nickerson was a longtime attendee at fan conventions for both Willy Wonka and Dark Shadows.[19]

    In , Nickerson appeared in the documentaryPure Imagination: The Story of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, directed by J.M.

    Kenny.

    In later years, Nickerson appeared on television sporadically, including an appearance on an episode of the – version of To Tell the Truth.

    In , Nickerson and some of her Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory castmates appeared on an episode of the British television documentary series, After They Were Famous, also directed by J.M.

    Kenny.

    In , some of the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory cast members, which included Nickerson, reunited for an episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts, which challenged the contestants to create an edible world of wonder.[20] The partial Wonka cast reunited in and again in on The Today Show.[21][22][23][24]

    Personal life

    Nickerson was married twice.

    Her first marriage was to Rick Keller in ; he died two years later of a brain aneurysm. Her second marriage was to Mark Willard in ; they had one son, Joshua Nickerson, before divorcing in [25]

    In , Nickerson was hit by a car while crossing the street and was left in a full leg cast for eight months.[26]

    Health

    In June , Nickerson suffered a severe stroke and was hospitalized in intensive care.

    She was discharged to a rehabilitation center the following month. In August, she went home to live under her family's care.[27] In September , Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory visited Nickerson after she was discharged from a rehabilitation center.[9][28]

    Death

    On July 8, , Nickerson took an overdose of prescription medicines while her son and daughter-in-law were out; her son took her to a hospital in respiratory distress.

    While in intensive care, she developed pneumonia.[29] She suffered a massive seizure the following day and slipped into a coma. She had a do not resuscitate order in place,[30] and on July 10, her family removed her from life support.[31][32] She died later that day from pneumonia at the age of [1][24]

    Filmography

    Film

    Television

    Theatre

    References

    Citations

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      Violet nicholson cause of death update: Culture Council. It was a very sad visit as she couldn't verbally communicate. But we sang songs - 'Willy Wonka' of course! Born in New York City in , Nickerson began her television career in the s, debuting with a role in the adventure-drama series Flipper , and her breakout gig came in with a recurring spot on the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows.

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      Mechanism of death Her most famous scene saw the character become a large blueberry after chewing an experimental gum containing a three-course meal — despite Wonka warning her not to do so. She winds up with purple skin, swollen into a massive blueberry. The Milwaukee Journal. When Nickerson was nine, the play ended.

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