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Date of Birth: July 09, 1966
Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland,Australia

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    Gayle Blakeney
    Born 9 July 1966 (1966-07-09) (age 43)
    Brisbane
    Occupation Television actor, singer
    Gillian Blakeney
    Born 9 July 1966 (1966-07-09) (age 43)
    Brisbane
    Occupation Television actor singer

    Gayle and Gillian Blakeney are Australian identical twins who performed together as actresses and as a dance/pop duo in the 1990s. Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 9 July 1966. Gayle is older by 9 minutes. They are most widely known for their stint in the soap opera Neighbours.

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    Early Career

    The girls knew from a young age that they wanted to be on television. After begging their mother to take them to singing lessons, she finally agreed and this lead them to various talent quests around South East Queensland. As first prize at one event on the Gold Coast the girls won entry into a televised talent show on the Nine Network.

    Gayle and Gillian then starred in numerous television commercials around Australia - including a series of Kelloggs' Corn Flakes commercials. They then decided to take the next step and auditioned for a lead role in a children's telemovie pilot called "Earth Patrol" starring Spike Milligan. Gillian won the lead children's role of Cassie. However, the producers were delighted with both twins auditions and planned to write Gayle into the series as her twin sister if the pilot was successful. The pilot was not accepted.

    The sisters continued their career in 1979 when they appeared in a video clip for the Australian group, The Monitors, "Singin' In The '80s", wearing make-up in the syle of rock band Kiss.1 They also appeared in other music videos by The Monitors between 1980 and 1982, most notably "Nobody Told Me" (dressed as schoolgirls in a jail) and "Having You Around Me" (dressed as 'beach babes').

    The sisters have contrasting personalities. When sharing a flat together, Gillian did the man-about-the-house DIY work, while Gayle did the cooking and housework.2

    Fame

    In 1983 they joined the team on the successful national children's programme Wombat, along with the puppet Agro. They enjoyed their roles as reporters for the next seven years. The program also included an on-going mock soap opera segment.

    Another advertising appearance was in the mid-1980s, in a series of futuristic commercials for Coca-Cola, featuring Max Headroom.

    In 1990 they joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours as Caroline (played by Gillian) and Christina (played by Gayle) Alessi. Gillian and Gayle left the show at different stages during 1992.

    Following the success of former Neighbours actors Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan as recording artists, the Blakeneys went to England in 1991 to record with Stock Aitken Waterman originally as 'The Twins'. The resulting single, "All Mixed Up", became a modest club hit that year, and peaked at #74 in Australia.

    After parting with Stock Aitken Waterman the Blakeneys made a brief return to Neighbours, eventually leaving the show in 1992. In 1993/1994 they released two singles in the United Kingdom as 'Gayle & Gillian', "Mad If Ya Don't" (number 75 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993) and a cover version of Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover" re-titled "Wanna Be Your Lover" (number 62 in 1994).3

    Afterwards the two made a brief return to television, this time as co-hosts on the UK game show Take Your Pick. While working in the UK, they also acted on stage. 45

    In 1994 the sisters moved to the United States (where they still reside today) to pursue acting roles, landing guest spots on various film and TV projects, such as playing ballerinas in Silk Stalkings.6

    In addition, their videos for "All Mixed Up", "Mad If Ya Don't", "Wanna Be Your Lover" (and their early 1980s Monitors videos) can be found on YouTube.

    References

    1. ^ The Monitors RQ's RetroUniverse
    2. ^ Extract from Oliver James book They F*** You Up - How to Survive Family Life Ch.1 ISBN 0747584788 Bloomsbury Publishing
    3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 223. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
    4. ^ Cinderella Bibliography by Russell A. Peck
    5. ^ Gay Harris Dancers
    6. ^ Silk Stalkings episode guide

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