"Violet! You're turning violet, Violet!" We all know the scene from the classic Roald Dahl novel-based film filled with oompa loompas and tantalizing sweets: bubblegum addict Violet Beauregarde ...

On film, the gum-chewing know-it-all Violet Beauregarde blew up into a blueberry in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. These days, the woman who played Violet, Denise Nickerson lives in Denver.

Denise Nickerson, a child actress best known for playing Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 classic “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” died late Wednesday at age 62, her family announced on ...

Nicola Savory, 36, from Buckinghamshire, was left red-faced when she saw a picture of herself looking exactly like the bloated blueberry character Violet Beauregarde when she weighed 21st 10lbs.

Denise Nickerson, who has died aged 62, was a child actress who was picked, aged 13, to play the part of Violet Beauregarde, the gum-chewing know-it-all who blows up into a blueberry in the quirky ...

WILLY WONKA and the Chocolate Factory star Denise Nickerson has died aged 62. Here’s her iconic turn as Violet Beauregarde turning into a blueberry.

Leonard Stone, who played the father who accompanied chronic gum-chewer Violet Beauregarde on a tour through a far-out candy palace in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," has died.