- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGisele Marie-Louise Marguerite LaFleche
- Nicknames
- Canada's First Lady of Song
- The Songbird of Winnipeg
- Gisele MacKenzie was born on January 10, 1927 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Burke's Law (1963) and The Sid Caesar Show (1963). She was married to Robert F. Klein and Robert J. Shuttleworth. She died on September 5, 2003 in Burbank, California, USA.
- SpousesRobert F. Klein(May 10, 1975 - ?) (divorced)Robert J. Shuttleworth(February 24, 1958 - August 12, 1966) (divorced, 2 children)
- Was a talented violinist, and frequently played duets with her lifelong friend Jack Benny on his show, to great comic effect.
- In 1951, changed her last name, LaFleche, to her father's middle name, MacKenzie, lest her name sound "like a striptease artist's."
- Her daughter, vocalist Gigi MacKenzie, included a duet with her mother "Stranger In Paradise" on her 2006 album "Skylark".
- Was a Canadian of French-Scottish ancestry.
- In 1955, at the height of her Your Hit Parade (1950) fame, had a top-40 hit record with "Hard to Get" (X Records, a division of RCA Victor), which attained the #5 position in June of that year, remaining on the charts for 16 weeks.
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