Of Jewish descent, their father changed his name from Rabinovitz to Robbins when emigrating to Canada from Huși, Vaslui[2] in Romania.
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.
[4][5] 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".
[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.