I can’t say I’ve ever fully understood Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Firstly, if Grandpa Joe was so sick for so many years, how the heck did he get it together to escort Charlie into the ...

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 ...

Denise Nickerson, who played the gum-chewing brat-turned-human-blueberry Violet Beauregarde in “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” is in critical condition after suffering a stroke in late June, ...