I certainly don’t now know why a cold Wonka will years later let Augustus Gloop drown in a river of molten chocolate, or how he could so nonchalantly send Violet Beauregarde off to be “juiced.” ...

Denise Nickerson as Violet Beauregarde (left) and in 2014 (right). Paramount Pictures; Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images The champion gum-chewer Violet Beauregarde was played by Denise Nickerson.

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 ...

The third winners are Violet Beauregarde (Alyssa Dumas) and Mrs. Beauregarde (Meryl Galaid) portraying women with loads of southern hospitality and charm, but probably on steroids for this production.

The Big Night Out Chocolate is a little bit like the three-course meal in a stick of chewing gum [that Violet Beauregarde consumes in the ‘71 film].

It’s been 44 years since “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” first hit theaters in 1971, and although we as viewers feel lucky to have experienced the film, it’s the cast of kids—some ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) - 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 ...