Juliette

Juliette ( Juliette Augustina Sysak). was born in St Vital (Winnipeg), on Aug 26, 1927. She was taken to Vancouver at 10, was hired by and sang with Dal Richards’ Hotel Vancouver orchestra at 13, and made her CBC network debut on ‘Sophisticated Strings’ at 15. After a year (1943-4) in Toronto on Alan Young’s CBC radio show and with Lucio Agostini’s orchestra, she sang on many CBC Vancouver radio programs, including ‘Burns Chuckwagon and ‘Here’s Juliette’. She also appeared at TUTS. She returned to Toronto in 1954 and co-starred with Gino Silvi on CBC radio’s ‘Gino and Juliette’. She was one of the CBC’s first bona fide stars, a glamorous yet wholesome hostess who sang show tunes to viewers every Saturday night. From 1956 to 1966, Juliette greeted Canadians live on The Juliette Show after Hockey Night in Canada. Always attired in a beautiful dress, she signed off each week with the words “Good night, Mom.” As ‘Our Pet, Juliette’ she was a regular performer 1954-6 on CBC TV ‘The Late Show’. Juliette succeeded O’Connor with her own program ‘Juliette’ (1956-66), one of the CBC’s most popular shows of the day. After several seasons of TV specials, Juliette was host for the CBC TV talk shows ‘After Noon’ (1969- 71) and ‘Juliette and Friends’ (1973-5). Juliette recorded two 78s for RCA’s ‘X’ label and one with the Rhythm Pals for Aragon in the early 1950s and later made three LPs for RCA Camden (Juliette CAS 2223, Christmas World CAS 2279, and Country World CAS 2341). She also was heard on a recording of Doris Claman’s musical comedy Timber! Much loved Juliette continued to sing in CBC specials and perform in nightclubs before appreciative audiences for a number of years.