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 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. 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.
Personal life They both briefly dated another pair of twins named Malcolm and Myron in the early 1970s before "going [their] separate ways." They have the unique ability to speak and sing in unison on the spot.
Filmography + Film roles Year Title Jackie Joyce Notes1976Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonExtrasUncredited1989The RanchTwins1990The Reflecting SkinTwins2000ColdbloodedLandlord2000Burning HearCabaret Woman2003Crisis LineJackieDirect-to-video2004MindbendersLucretia2006The Wicker ManBlind Twin #1Blind Twin #22008A Season to WitherElizabethBeatriceShort film2009Chloe and AttieAttieChloeShort film2011Seed MoneyElyseShort film2013Concrete BlondesMrs. Norton 2Mrs. Norton2014Bedbugs: A Musical Love StoryEnidIrisShort film2014Cut BankMrs. Margaret2014Anxious Oswald GreeneNicolinaNicotinaShort film2014Jingle All the Way 2LaraineRitaDirect-to-video2014Mina.MinervaMinaMinervaShort film2015The Twisted SlipperFawning Lady 1Fawning Lady 2Short film2015The Starlight HeistDancing Twin FrannyDancing Twin FannyShort film2015The Blackburn AsylumIvyIris2015Even Lambs Have TeethMargeBetty2015PaymentHertha ParkerShort film2015FSMDéjà Vu - Faye2015Dr. BarlowAmelia BarlowShort film2016Grocery Store Action MovieAnnoyed ShopperShort film2016Counter ActActorShort film2017Of Tides/To DistillActorShort film; Segment: "fig. 2"2017The Christmas CalendarEdna2018Small FishOld LadyShort film2018A Typical FairytaleExtraShort film; uncredited2018Queen Jane and the WizardSweetieEvelynShort film201820 Minutes to LifeHildeVernaShort film2019HatchActorShort film2019The Long HaulGladysGlendaShort film2019Lattine Di PerfezioneEmmaShort film2020This is a Period PieceOrderlyOrderlyShort film2021Andie the GreatMrs. TremblayMiss Tremblay2024Up in the SpotlightGhostGhostShort film2025The MonkeyNeighbor Lady 2Neighbor Lady 12026The SnakeCaptain Stink2026Unholy NightNonna
+ Television roles Year Title Jackie Joyce Notes1994How the West Was FunTwin #1Twin #2TV movie1997Incredible Story StudiosMs. ConnorsEpisode: "Sports and Soap Operas"; Segment: "Are We Having Fun Yet?"2000High NoonJaneHannahTV movie2005The Magic of Ordinary DaysMrs. PrattMrs. ParkerTV movie20087 Things to Do Before I'm 30Ms. Baumgarten #2Ms. Baumgarten #1TV movie2008Amber Alert: Terror on the HighwayMargaretRuthTV movie2010GoblinOld Woman #1Old Woman #2TV movie2012PsychBirdie TurkleBeatrice TurkleEpisode: "Heeeeere's Lassie"2014Signed, Sealed, DeliveredFollies Twin #1Follies Twin #2Episode: "Time to Start Livin'"2014Some Assembly RequiredEllenEpisode: "Fat Cat"2014Witches of East EndOld Beggar WomanEpisode: "Box to the Future"2015Hipster Horror HouseCafe ManagerTV movie2017Android EmployedThe Twins - Intro Sequence4 episodes2017-2019A Series of Unfortunate EventsWhite Faced Woman #1White Faced Woman #2Recurring2018Chilling Adventures of SabrinaHead WitchEpisode: "Chapter Ten: The Witching Hour"2018Road to ChristmasWoman in HatTV movie2018Jingle Around the ClockWoman in HatTV movie2019CharmedRitaNitaEpisode: "The Source Awakens"2019Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of JoyCooper Twin #1Cooper Twin #2TV movie2020Christmas in Evergreen: Bells are RingingCooper Twin #1Cooper Twin #2TV movie2021Joe PickettViolet BouvierVivian BouvierRecurring2020Motherland: Fort SalemThe Biddy2 episodes2022Two Sentence Horror StoriesMabel LaurentJane LaurentEpisode: "Crush"2024Percy Jackson and the OlympiansAtroposEpisode: "A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers"2024So Help Me ToddTillie LeeMildred LeeEpisode: "Dial Margaret for Murder"
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