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- Birth nameShirley Jean Douglas
- Height5′ 2½″ (1.59 m)
- Shirley Douglas was born on April 2, 1934 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for Dead Ringers (1988), Wind at My Back (1996) and Lolita (1962). She was married to Donald Sutherland and Timothy Emil Alan Sick. She died on April 5, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- SpousesDonald Sutherland(1966 - May 1971) (divorced, 2 children)Timothy Emil Alan Sick(June 23, 1956 - 1963) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenThomas A.D. Sicks
- RelativesSarah Sutherland(Grandchild)
- Mother of Kiefer Sutherland and Rachel Sutherland.
- Was involved with the Friends of the Black Panthers; a fund raising organization. In 1969 she was arrested for conspiracy to possess explosives. She had attempted to buy hand grenades for the Black Panthers. She spent five days in jail for the hand grenade incident and was subsequently denied a work permit and was forced to return to Canada.
- Organized a meeting concerning possible private health care, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with actress Sarah Polley, and band members from The Tragically Hip.
- Her father was born in Camelon, Falkirk, Scotland, and moved with his family to Canada in 1910, settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her mother was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and had English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.
- Daughter of Irma May (Dempsey) and Tommy Douglas, Saskatchewan Premier from 1944 to 1961, the first Leader of the NDP, from 1961 to 1971, and the founder of Canada's Medicare.
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