(CNN) --Actress Denise Nickerson, best known for her role as chatty gum-chewer Violet Beauregarde in 1971's "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," has died, according to multiple reports citing a ...

Denise Nickerson, best known for playing the snobby, gum-chomping Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died following a series of medical issues. The actress’ ...

Who could forget bratty Veruca Salt, chocoholic Augustus Gloop, the shrunken down and stretched out Mike Teevee or Violet Beauregarde – who swelled up like a giant blueberry after eating a ...

Denise Nickerson, best known for her role as Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 version of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” died Wednesday night. She had been taken off life support earlier in the ...