Tuanchai Mackenzie is a real estate broker popularly known as Cookie Mackenzie from her time as an American hostess.
She is not a famous figure in the entertainment industry, but her previous marriage to the late actor Flip Wilson propelled her into the limelight for a short time.
Wilson gained popularity for his television show, The Flip Wilson Show, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also made several television appearances during his career.
The ex-couple were married for five years, from 1979 to 1984.
Although Mackenzie’s marriage to Wilson was short-lived, their time together still gave Mackenzie lots of media attention. However, there is not much known about her.
This article was written to provide more insight into Tuanchi Mackenzie’s life story.
Tuanchai Mackenzie Early Life
Tuanchai Mackenzie was born on December 6, 1949, in Bangkok, Thailand, to her biological parents, who are originally Thai.
Little Mackenzie was adopted shortly after her birth by William J. Davis, who brought her to the United States and was raised in Los Angeles, California.
Mackenzie once made a post on her Facebook, which gave a little insight into the identity of her adoptive dad.
Her post revealed that her adoptive father was a World War II veteran. According to the post, Williams J. Davis has also passed.
When Mackenzie was growing up in the United States with her adoptive father, she was still very much in touch with her biological parents in Thailand.
Unfortunately, she lost her biological father in August 2017 and her birth mother in October 2018.
Education and Career
Tuanchai Mackenzie studied at the Colorado State University, Pueblo, where she bagged a degree in social science.
Mackenzie started her career as a casino hostess, a job she took up to pay her bills. However, she quit the job and began a career in real estate as a broker shortly after her marriage to Wilson.
According to her Facebook and LinkedIn profile, Mackenzie works as a broker and agent at Evolve Real Estate, established in January 1989. The company is reportedly owned by Mackenzie as well.
She has been in the business for well over three decades.
Private life and marriage
Although the year they met remained private, the ex-couple tied the nuptial knot in a secret ceremony at the Japanese garden in Las Vegas on December 14, 1979.
However, their marriage bliss only lasted five years before their divorce in 1984. Mackenzie was in the limelight during her marriage with Flip Wilson due to his fame.
Tuanchai and Wilson remained friends even after their divorce, which was well over one and a half decades ago.
After her divorce from Wilson, Mackenzie lived away from the spotlight. She went on to get married, the second time, to her husband, Roderick Mackenzie, a war veteran of the US Army who fought in the Vietnam War.
The couple welcomed a daughter named Duan Mackenzie, who was born on the 30th of April 1988. However, Roderick’s death on August 25, 2011, abruptly ended her second marriage.
Tuanchai Mackenzie lives quietly as a real estate broker, carrying out her duties as a grandmother. Her daughter Duan got married to her husband, Craig Nelson, and the couple have since welcomed a baby boy.