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AboutGisèle MacKenzie (born Gisèle Marie Louise Marguerite LaFlèche; January 10, 1927 – September 5, 2003) was a Canadian-American singer, actress, and commercial spokesperson, best known for her performances on the US television program Your Hit Parade.
She was born Gisèle Marie Louise Marguerite LaFlèche in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1927. The daughter of a Winnipeg doctor, MacKenzie spent her childhood in Manitoba where she studied violin and attended the Sacred Heart School as a child. As a teenager she studied violin and voice at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario. She had at least two Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio programs, Meet Gisèle, where she played hostess to Jack Benny, Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Fred Astaire, and James Stewart; and Gisele and Mr. Cable.
She took on the stage name MacKenzie and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1951 to replace The Andrews Sisters on CBS Radio's daily program, Club Fifteen, starring Bob Crosby, where she alternated as regular vocalist with Jo Stafford. She became a naturalized US citizen in 1955.
MacKenzie was married to her personal manager, Robert J. Shuttleworth (February 24, 1958 – August 12, 1966) and to Robert F. Klein (May 10, 1975–????); both marriages ended in divorce. She had a son, MacKenzie Duffy, and a daughter, contemporary jazz artist Gigi Mackenzie.
She was born Gisèle Marie Louise Marguerite LaFlèche in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1927. The daughter of a Winnipeg doctor, MacKenzie spent her childhood in Manitoba where she studied violin and attended the Sacred Heart School as a child. As a teenager she studied violin and voice at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario. She had at least two Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio programs, Meet Gisèle, where she played hostess to Jack Benny, Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Fred Astaire, and James Stewart; and Gisele and Mr. Cable.
She took on the stage name MacKenzie and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1951 to replace The Andrews Sisters on CBS Radio's daily program, Club Fifteen, starring Bob Crosby, where she alternated as regular vocalist with Jo Stafford. She became a naturalized US citizen in 1955.
MacKenzie was married to her personal manager, Robert J. Shuttleworth (February 24, 1958 – August 12, 1966) and to Robert F. Klein (May 10, 1975–????); both marriages ended in divorce. She had a son, MacKenzie Duffy, and a daughter, contemporary jazz artist Gigi Mackenzie.
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