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Shirley Douglas Biography (1934-)

Born 1934, in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada; daughter of Tommy (a Canadian provincial premier and politician) and Irma Douglas; married second husband, Donald Sutherland (an actor, voice artist, and producer), 1966 (divorced, 1970); children: (first marriage) Thomas; (second marriage) Kiefer (an actor) andRachel. Addresses: Agent: Oscars Abram Zimel and Associates, 438 QueenSt. East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 1T4, Canada.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, voice artist

Birth Details

1934

Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Kitty, The Hat Squad, CBS, 1992-93
• May Bailey, Wind at My Back, CBC, 1996-2001
• Voice, Flash Gordon (animated), syndicated, beginning 1996
• Voice of Infectia, The Silver Surfer (animated), Fox, 1998
• Narrator, Franklin (animated), The Family Channel (Canada) and Noggin, c. 1998-2000
• Pauline Dubois, Robson Arms, CTV, 2005-
• Miniseries
• Herself and Nellie McLung (in archive footage), The Greatest Canadian, CBC, 2004
• Movies
• Title role, Nellie McLung, 1978
• Lena, Turning to Stone (also known as Concrete Hell), CBC,1985
• Dadapopoplous's wife, Screwball Academy (also known as Divine Light and Loose Ends), 1986
• Edna Besley, "Cursed with Charisma," Really Weird Tales, HBO, 1987
• Katherine Ward, Passage of the Heart, [Canada], 1992
• Vivian Karney, Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (also knownas Shattered Trust), NBC, 1993
• Mrs. Hardwick, Johnny's Girl, ABC, 1995
• Shadow Lake, [Canada], 1999
• Elizabeth Dickson, A House Divided, Showtime, 2000
• Peg, Woman Wanted, Starz!, 2000
• Ellen Layton, The Christmas Shoes, CBS, 2002
• Specials
• Schyler Noyes, "Redwood Curtain," Hallmark Hall of Fame, ABC, 1995
• Episodic
• Monica Logan, "Driving under the Influence," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, 1989
• Miss Cavendish, "High Society," Road to Avonlea, CBC and The Disney Channel, 1992
• "Tommy Douglas: The Fight of a Lifetime," Life and Times, CBC, 2000
• Cybill Thornbush, "Beaver Creek Commercials," Made in Canada, CBC,2001
• Guest and person in archive footage, Rick Mercer's "Monday Report"(also known as Monday Report), CBC, 2004 (multiple episodes), 2005
• Television Work
• Miniseries
• Creative consultant, The Tommy Douglas Story, CBC, 2005
• Film Appearances
• Joe MacBeth, Columbia, 1956
• Mrs. Starch, Lolita, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
• Mrs. Lawson, The Wars, International Spectrafilm, 1983
• Laura, Dead Ringers (also known as Alter Ego), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
• Nicole, Shadow Dancing, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, 1988
• Marie, The Shower, 1992
• Duchess DuBarry, Mesmer, Mayfair Entertainment/Nomadic Pictures, 1994
• Grandma Greenfield, Barney's Great Adventure (also known as Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie), PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998
• Myra, The Law of Enclosures, Alliance Atlantis Communications/Odeon Films, 2000
• Narrator, Franklin and the Green Knight: The Movie (animated), 2000
• Stage Appearances
• Amanda Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, then Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, both 1997
• Appeared as Marilla, Anne of Green Gables, as Hagar Shipley, The Stone Angel, as Martha, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, in Blood Relations, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Torch Bearers, all National Arts Centre; also appeared in The Vagina Monologues, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, production; appeared in other productions, including productions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Financial Post, January, 1999, p. 12; November 23, 2002, p. F5
• Globe and Mail (Toronto), March 9, 2000, p. R3
• Maclean's, March 17, 1997, pp. 66-67