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 They would put on plays as children with the neighborhood kids, with their parents encouraging the sisters interest in acting. 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. 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==