Jacqueline and Joyce Robbins
Jacqueline "Jacquie" Robbins and Joyce Robbins are twin American-Canadian actresses best known for playing the Blind Twins in The [Wicker Man (2006 film)|The Wicker Man] and for playing the White Faced Women in A [Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|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 to George Robbins and his wife Lilian Saper. 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 in Romania.The sisters were raised in Calgary, Alberta. They would put on plays as children with the neighborhood kids, with their parents encouraging the sisters interest in acting.
As adults, they graduated at University of Calgary with BAs in 1972 and began teaching there for 15 years. They got their first onscreen acting job in the 1976 film Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson in background roles.
The Robbins Sisters have appeared in numerous works including the 2006 remake of The Wicker Man and the Tom Cochrane music video for "Life Is a Highway".
They moved from Calgary to Vancouver in 22 November 2006.
They starred in a short film as the title leads in Mina.Minerva. They received higher recognition for their roles as the White Faced Women in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of [Unfortunate Events (TV series)|A Series of Unfortunate Events]. 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.