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

Take a (very sweet) walk down memory lane with a look back at the 1971 film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.' Starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka himself, the musical fantasy film left an ...

Denise Nickerson, the former child actor who was one of the stars of the beloved 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” has died at the age of 62. Nickerson was best known for her role as ...

The star played Violet Beauregard in the 1971 film. The 62-year-old was placed on life support after being hospitalised this week due to pneumonia, and subsequently suffered a seizure. The actress was ...

Granddaughter Lindsey Fryman-Borchard tells The Associated Press that Stone died of cancer Wednesday in Encinitas, Calif., a day before his 88th birthday. He was best known as fast-talking father Sam ...

Gene Wilder was well known when he played Wonka, and he continued acting until the early 2000s. Some of the actors, including Peter Ostrum, quit show business after appearing in the movie. "Willy ...

Four kids in the cast of Ephrata Performing Arts Center's production of "Willy Wonka: The Musical" are getting an early Christmas present: permission to be bad. And Santa Claus can't do a thing about ...