Lee and Lyn Wilde

Born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Lee was the older of the two, born shortly before midnight of October 10, 1922, with Lyn born in the early hours of the following morning. They began singing with their siblings in church, and by their teens were singing hymns for their local radio station, as well as performing in Illinois and Kentucky. They graduated from East St. Louis Senior High School in 1939. ==Singing==

By 1940 they were band singers, and in 1942 they made their film debuts as vocalists for the Charlie Barnet Band, performing one song in the Harriet Hilliard film Juke Box Jenny. They also performed with Bob Crosby for a short while. ==Film==

The twins' live performances led to another featured film appearance in the Judy Garland film Presenting Lily Mars in 1942. Joe Pasternak was very impressed by them and signed them to a seven-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. They played roles in ''Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944), followed by Twice Blessed'', a film written specifically to introduce them to a wider audience. The sisters appeared in nine films together up until 1949. Lyn briefly continued her film career after that, appearing in six more films until 1953. ==Personal lives==

The twins married brothers Jim (who married Lyn in 1942) and Tom Cathcart (who married Lee February 22, 1947, in Michigan City, Indiana). They focused their attentions on family life rather than continuing in show business, but they retained a love of music. In 1948, Lee was reported to be "seriously ill following a caesarian operation" at Good Samaritan Hospital in Hollywood. She had given birth to a daughter on September 28. In 1989, they recorded a reunion album titled Back to Together Once Again and continued to perform occasionally into the 1990s. Lyn had two children, James Carter (1954-2025) and Lee Ann, with her first husband. After her husband's death in 1970, she remarried to Dwight Oberlink in 1973. They remained married until Oberlink's death in 1996. Her son also became an actor and musician. She also had four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, three stepchildren, and seven step-grandchildren. Lyn died on September 11, 2016, at age 93. Her twin sister Lee predeceased her in 2015. ==Filmography==