# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denise-nickerson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:19.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denise-nickerson"
name: "Denise Nickerson"
slug: "denise-nickerson"
description: "Denise Marie Nickerson was an American former actress. Starting her career as a child actress, at the age of 13, she starred as Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 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 opera Dark Shadows and many numerous appearances on television and films. She later worked as a receptionist and office manager."
tagline: "American actress (1957-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denise_Nickerson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1957-04-01"
deathDate: "2019-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.25
  momentum:             2.327505170144764
  historical:           15.80543733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/deniseviolet71"
    handle:    "deniseviolet71"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630019/"
    handle:    "nm0630019"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دينيس نيكيرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دنیس نیکرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EB%8B%88%EC%A6%88_%EB%8B%88%EC%BB%A4%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "데니즈 니커슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81"
    title: "Никерсон, Денайс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Nickerson"
    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ڈینس نکسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8ca37a6a-bc36-441e-9835-6a4162e22b95"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3023069"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Denise Nickerson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump