Jacqueline "Jacquie" Robbins and Joyce Robbins (born September 9, 1949) are twin American-Canadian actresses best known for playing the Blind Twins in The Wicker Man and for playing the White Faced Women in A Series of Unfortunate Events. They are based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Biography
Jacqueline "Jacquie" and Joyce Robbins were born in Rochester, Minnesota on September 9, 1949[1] to George Robbins and his wife Lilian Saper.[2] They had one older brother and one younger sister. Their father practiced medicine as a doctor in Alberta while their mother was a pharmacist. Of Jewish descent, their father changed his name from Rabinovitz to Robbins when emigrating to Canada from Huși, Vaslui[2] in Romania.
The sisters were raised in Calgary, Alberta.[3] They would put on plays as children with the neighborhood kids,with their parents encouraging the sisters interest in acting.[1]
They moved from Calgary to Vancouver in 22 November 2006.
They starred in a short film as the title leads in Mina.Minerva.[6][7] They received higher recognition for their roles as the White Faced Women in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events.[8] This role was actually meant to be a single character, but the siblings both turned up for the audition and asked to read the part as two persons. The producers liked the idea and cast them both.[9]
Personal life
They both briefly dated another pair of twins named Malcolm and Myron before "going [their] separate ways". They have the unique ability to speak and sing in unison on the spot.[7]
