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Julie Dawn Cole (born October 26, 1957) is an English television, film and stage actress who has been active for some 40 years. She began as a child performer in what remains her best-remembered movie, 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, playing the spoiled Veruca Salt. She has two children. A native of the Surrey town of Guildford, Julie Dawn Cole was twelve when she was cast in the iconic role during the project's pre-production phase in the first half of 1970 (she celebrated her 13th birthday eight weeks into the movie's 11½-week filming schedule in southeastern Germany's... MORE

Julie Dawn Cole (born October 26, 1957) is an English television, film and stage actress who has been active for some 40 years. She began as a child performer in what remains her best-remembered movie, 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, playing the spoiled Veruca Salt. She has two children. A native of the Surrey town of Guildford, Julie Dawn Cole was twelve when she was cast in the iconic role during the project's pre-production phase in the first half of 1970 (she celebrated her 13th birthday eight weeks into the movie's 11½-week filming schedule in southeastern Germany's sprawling production complex, Bavaria Film Studios, on the day she performed her song "I Want It Now"). The film debuted in New York on 30 June 1971 and in London the following week, with Julie chosen to present a bouquet of flowers to Princess Margaret at the Royal Premiere. Her salary for playing Veruca was an extremely modest £600, moving her to speculate years later that her mother probably blew the entire paycheck for family tickets to the Premiere. Decades later, she has been laughingly telling interviewers that at least she still has an unscheduled, self-presented bonus from the film—two props, LESS