Twins Of Evil Star Madeleine Collinson Dies Aged 62

Spellbinding for their sexiness as well as their symmetry, the Maltese identical twins Mary and Madeleine Collinson arrived in London penniless in 1969 and quickly became an underground sensation, snapped up by opportunistic film-makers and photographers, mostly at the naughtier end of the market. Their autumnal beauty and kittenish mannerisms transported them to the Playboy mansion and even briefly to Hollywood, and decades after starring in Twins of Evil (1971), a debauched Hammer vampire yarn, they remain etched on the minds of generations of bewitched retrophile males. Madeleine, who has died at 62, was shorter by a whisker and a touch more assertive than her sister, and with a passion for old horror films (her favorite was the original Nosferatu). “I could never have played the goody-goody Maria in Twins of Evil as I photograph harder than my sister,” she said at the time. “I loved playing the evil twin and Mary played herself!”… read more >