Born to an English Royal Navy father, Maltese identical twin sisters Madeleine and Mary Collinson caused quite a stir upon their arrival in Britain during April, 1969. Beginning their career with various modelling assignments, they became the first twin Playmates in the October 1970 Playboy, after attending a party where they met Victor Lownes, the head of Playboy's European operation. The twins sealed their pop culture immortality by taking the title roles - but were dubbed throughout - in Hammer's TWINS OF EVIL a year later and, after five flirtations with the British sex scene - George Harrison Marks' short HALFWAY INN, Donovan Winter's SOME LIKE IT SEXY, squalid entries GROUPIE GIRL and PERMISSIVE, and the Keith Barron/Kenneth Cope vehicle SHE'LL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE - Hollywood beckoned, but their only American credit was LOVE MACHINE, where they shared a shower with John Philip Law [text abridged from 'Maids of Evil' post 1/2/12].
TWINS OF EVIL
SOME LIKE IT SEXY
GROUPIE GIRL
HALFWAY INN
SHE'LL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE
PERMISSIVE
Cover Girl(s)
Daily Girl (UK) Vol 2 #5, March 1970 (Britain)
Fiesta Vol 4 #3, May 1970 (Britain)
Girl Illustrated Vol 4 #41, June 1970 (Britain)
Le Ore, February 1971 (Italy)
Playboy, October 1970 (America)
Rex Vol 1 #2, December 1970 (Britain)
Top Film Vol 2 #18, August 1971 (Italy)
Cover Girl(s) Supplementary
Collinson Twins Digest #1, October 1971
Collinson Twins Digest #2, February 1972
Collinson Twins Digest #3, June 1972
Collinson Twins Digest #4, September 1972
Collinson Twins Digest #5, December 1972
Collinson Twins Digest Omnibus, June 1973
Twins of Evil Poster Magazine #1, September 1971
Twins of Evil Poster Magazine #2, October 1971
Photo Shoots
World Beauty Playing Cards
The Collinson Twins also appeared in the World Beauty Jumbo nude playing cards set, amongst "54 different art models."
