# Adult Actors Who Are Twins **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902 "2002-07-20T00:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![taggert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@taggert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taggert)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/21 "2002-07-20T07:02:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\* > > actually, they aren’t identical. > > (hates self for knowing that worthless fact) > Isabella Rosellini is a twin, but I dont think she is identical. \*\* They may technically be fraternal twins, but they appear to me to be as identical as most identical twins I know. ---
**Author:** ![bluecrayola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@bluecrayola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecrayola)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/22 "2002-07-20T10:18:17Z")
Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays David Birney and Meredith Baxter ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/23 "2002-07-20T13:31:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bluecrayola \* > \*\*Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays > > David Birney and Meredith Baxter \*\* Meredith Baxter was **married** to David Birney, so I’m pretty sure they’re not twins. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/24 "2002-07-20T13:50:21Z")
Well, there’s Randy and Jason Sklar, identical twin comedians. They almost always appear together. Here’s their joint filmography: 1. Bubble Boy (2001) 2. “Oblongs, The” (2001) TV (voices) 3. “Late Friday” (2001) TV 4. “BattleBots” (2000) TV 5. “Dot Comedy” (2000/II) TV 6. Prime Gig, The (2000) 7. “Apt. 2F” (1997) TV And guest appearances on a number of other TV shows, and they do standup on Comedy Central sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/25 "2002-07-20T13:56:25Z")
Dack and Dirk Rambo–both deceased now, sadly. They worked together on _The Loretta Young Show_ before Dirk was killed in a car crash. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/26 "2002-07-20T14:18:26Z")
Deirdre Hall from _Days of Our Lives_ is a twin, isn’t she? Or was it a non-twin real life sister who played her twin sister (who was murdered) on the soap? Ergh. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/27 "2002-07-20T14:33:56Z")
Alexandra Paul has an identical twin sister Caroline. Caroline Paul however is a firefighter (and author of a book on her career) not an actress. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/28 "2002-07-20T14:58:46Z")
Say, what about **Elvis**??? He made many fine films. 😃 'Course, his twin died at birth, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/29 "2002-07-21T00:12:23Z")
Former baseball slugger and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco has two acting gigs to his credit, one an episode of “The Simpsons”, and one on something called “The Tony Danza Show”. He played himself both times, but still. He has an identical twin brother named Ozzie. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/30 "2002-07-21T11:54:44Z")
Conrad Bain, of “Maude” and “Diff’rent Strokes,” has an identical twin named Bonar Bain, who has done occasional guest roles on television. Conrad had it easy, compared to his brother. I cannot imagine the difficulty of growing up with a name like “Bonar Bain.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/31 "2002-07-21T12:42:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tlw \* > \*\*Deirdre Hall from _Days of Our Lives_ is a twin, isn’t she? Or was it a non-twin real life sister who played her twin sister (who was murdered) on the soap? Ergh. \*\* That was her identical twin, Andrea. Earlier, she had been involved in a plot where she put her twin in a mental institution and took her place. Also, Kin Shiver, Scott Baldwin on General Hospital & Port Charles, has an identical twin Wil Shiver, who had a talk show in Canada a while back. Oh, the crap I know about soaps. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/32 "2002-07-21T12:45:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tlw \* > \*\*Deirdre Hall from _Days of Our Lives_ is a twin, isn’t she? Or was it a non-twin real life sister who played her twin sister (who was murdered) on the soap? Ergh. \*\* Yes, Diedre’s twin sister played Samantha, Marlena’s twin sister on the show, and they are identical twins. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/33 "2002-07-21T14:24:27Z")
I always thought former Spandau-Ballet-members-turned-actors Gary (_The Bodyguard, et al_) and Martin Kemp (_East Enders, et al_) were identical twins. However, an IMDB search revealed that Gary is two years older than Martin. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/34 "2002-07-21T15:05:52Z")
Catherine Deneuve had a twin sister who was also an actress (actually before Catherine became one too). But she was killed in a car accident in the early 70’s, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/35 "2002-07-21T18:45:31Z")
I don’t think Kin and Wil Shiver are identical twins. Wil is much cuter (IMO), and has darker hair. But-maybe they are, and have tried to alter their appearance a lot. I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/36 "2002-07-22T00:12:27Z")
Not really actors, but TV personalities none the less, Leigh and Leslie Keno. Stuffy PBS viewers know them from thier furniture appraisials on **Antiques Roadshow** ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/37 "2002-07-22T02:43:12Z")
Catherine Deneuve’s sister was Francoise Dorleac, and she wasn’t a twin. She was a year and a half older. She died in an auto accident in 1967. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902.md?page=1)