| Denise Nickerson | |
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| Born | April 1, 1957 New York City, New York |
Denise Nickerson (born April 1, 1957) is an American former child actress. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) She is probably best known for her roles as the gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and for her well-regarded and important recurring role as Amy Jennings in the highly rated (and still popular via DVD and reruns) gothic soap opera on ABC-TV's Dark Shadows, which she played on from 1968-1970. Violet Beauregarde is a fictional character from the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the subsequent film adaptations Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 motion picture based on the 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Dark Shadows is a Gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network from June 27, 1966 to
Later on, Nickerson played Allison, a member of the Short Circus music group, during the second season of The Electric Company, an educational TV program for children. The Electric Company is an educational American Children's television series which was produced by the Children's Television Workshop She also guest starred as Pamela, a girlfriend of Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch. The following is a list of characters from the American Television series The Brady Bunch. The Brady Bunch is an American Television Situation comedy based around a large blended family.
Nickerson appeared in other shows and stage productions before retiring from acting in her early twenties, when she got married. Denise has since divorced and now works as a procurement agent for a successful engineering company. Nickerson also appeared on an episode of the 2000-2002 John O'Hurley version of To Tell the Truth, as contestant number two. John Gerald O'Hurley (born October 9, 1954) is an American Actor and popular television personality who is perhaps best known for his recurring To Tell the Truth is an American Television Game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson - Todman