The sisters knew from an early age they wanted to be on television and their break came on the soap, where they played twins Caroline and Christina Alessi.
It was a complicated plotline that involved witness protection, the pretence that they were only one person and a battle for the affections of Paul Robinson.
Both Gayle and Gillian left Ramsay Street in 1992 and headed for the UK, where they tried, but failed, to launch a pop career like Neighbours stars Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan.
Gillian, now mum to a daughter, was living in New York until her marriage broke down in 2011.
She now lives in Los Angeles, near Gayle, who is married with three kids, and the sisters and their children are all still close.
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