Shirley Douglas

Shirley Douglas

Shirley Douglas, with a start in church drama and music, pursued acting seriously from a young age. After studies in London, she acted in British theatre and TV. Her marriage to Donald Sutherland bore twins, Kiefer and Rachel Sutherland. Engaging in American protest movements in the late '60s and '70s, she advocated for various causes, eventually returning to Canada in 1977. Her career flourished in film, TV, and theatre, embodying strong characters like Hagar Shipley in "The Stone Angel" and Marilla in "Anne of Green Gables." Known for her activism, she ardently supported Canada's healthcare system, advocating for its accessibility. Notably, she won a Gemini Award for "Shadow Lake" in 2000 and received an honorary doctorate from Ryerson Polytechnic University and the Diamond Award from the Variety Club. Shirley's father was Tommy Douglas, renowned for founding Canada’s healthcare system.

  • Title: Shirley Douglas
  • Popularity: 9.575
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1934-04-02
  • Place of Birth: Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Shirley Douglas Movies

  • 1962
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    Lolita
    Lolita

    7.3 1962 HD

    Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Mason

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  • 2002
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    The Christmas Shoes
    The Christmas Shoes

    6.9 2002 HD

    Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rob Lowe

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  • 1988
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    Dead Ringers
    Dead Ringers

    7.106 1988 HD

    Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Jeremy Irons

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  • 1995
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    Redwood Curtain
    Redwood Curtain

    6 1995 HD

    Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she really is, and when her...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jeff Daniels

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  • 1985
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    Turning to Stone
    Turning to Stone

    3.5 1985 HD

    Alison Campbell was sentenced to seven years after trying to smuggle drugs into Canada. This hard-hitting film tells the story of how she survived...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Nicky Guadagni

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  • 1995
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    Johnny's Girl
    Johnny's Girl

    1 1995 HD

    A father gives his daughter an unorthodox upbringing on the fringes of the Alaskan underworld in the 1960's and 70's.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Mia Kirshner

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  • 1983
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    The Wars
    The Wars

    4 1983 HD

    Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his...

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    Cast: Brent Carver

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  • 2000
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    A House Divided
    A House Divided

    5 2000 HD

    In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sam Waterston

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  • 1988
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    Shadow Dancing
    Shadow Dancing

    3 1988 HD

    Jess, a struggling dancer, is trying out for a part in a musical about Medusa. As she practices, the director notices how much she resembles his...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Nadine Van der Velde

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  • 1993
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    Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
    Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story

    4.5 1993 HD

    A client's claims of incest cause an attorney to remember the traumas she suffered when she was a sexually abused child. Instead of debilitating her,...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Melissa Gilbert

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  • 2004
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    Sarah McLachlan: A Life of Music
    Sarah McLachlan: A Life of Music

    1 2004 HD

    The life of pop superstar Sarah McLachlan comes alive in this intimate documentary that has McLachlan talking about her fame, her loves, her family...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Sarah McLachlan

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  • 2000
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    The Law of Enclosures
    The Law of Enclosures

    5 2000 HD

    Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sarah Polley

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  • 1998
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    Barney's Great Adventure
    Barney's Great Adventure

    3.974 1998 HD

    Mom and dad dump son Cody, daughter Abby, her best friend Marcella and a baby on the farm with Grandpa and Grandma. Purple dinosaur Barney soon...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Kyla Pratt

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  • 1992
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    The Shower
    The Shower

    3.5 1992 HD

    A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Kate Lynch

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  • 1999
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    Woman Wanted
    Woman Wanted

    6.6 1999 HD

    After the death of his wife, Richard hires a recently divorced housekeeper, Emma. Soon finding himself falling for her, his emotionally destructive...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Holly Hunter

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  • 1994
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    Mesmer
    Mesmer

    6 1994 HD

    A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alan Rickman

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  • 1986
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    Loose Ends
    Loose Ends

    3 1986 HD

    When the zealous followers of the Church of the Divine Light collide with the heathen filmmakers heaven help those caught in the middle! Bishop...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Colleen Camp

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  • 1996
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    Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo
    Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo

    1 1996 HD

    Earth teenagers Alex 'Flash' Gordon and Dale Arden, and their reluctant friend Dr. Hans Zarkov, journey to the fantastic planet Mongo where they...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Toby Proctor

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  • 1999
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    Shadow Lake
    Shadow Lake

    1 1999 HD

    A writer's mysterious disappearance on an ice-covered lake holds the clues to a missing gemstone and a grisly murder.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Graham Greene

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  • 1986
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    Really Weird Tales
    Really Weird Tales

    6 1986 HD

    The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: Joe Flaherty

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  • 2009
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    Corner Gas
    Corner Gas

    7.919 2009 HD

    Following the adventures of a bunch of nobodies who get up to a whole lot of nothing in the fictional prairie town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, Corner...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Brent Butt

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  • 2004
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    Franklin
    Franklin

    6.74 2004 HD

    Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Richard Newman

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  • 2015
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    Degrassi
    Degrassi

    7.717 2015 HD

    The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Aislinn Paul

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  • 2008
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    Robson Arms
    Robson Arms

    4.8 2008 HD

    Robson Arms follows the lives of the tenants in a once-grand low-rise in Vancouver's eclectic West End. The building is home to an unlikely...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dave Foley

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  • 1996
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    Road to Avonlea
    Road to Avonlea

    8.2 1996 HD

    In the fictional small town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, in the early 20th century, 10-year-old Montreal heiress Sara Stanley is sent by her...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sarah Polley

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  • 2001
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    Wind at My Back
    Wind at My Back

    9 2001 HD

    A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression of the 1930s.  Based loosely...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Shirley Douglas

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  • 1989
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    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.255 1989 HD

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alfred Hitchcock

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  • 2017
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    Rick Mercer Report
    Rick Mercer Report

    7.3 2017 HD

    A weekly helping of topical satire, funny takes on the week's top stories and Canada-wide adventures.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Rick Mercer

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  • 2011
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 2011 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2006
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    The Path to 9/11
    The Path to 9/11

    7.115 2006 HD

    Beginning with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and ending on the morning of 9/11, the draws on detailed information from the 9/11...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Harvey Keitel

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  • 1995
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    No Price Too High
    No Price Too High

    10 1995 HD

    The Canadian contribution to World War Two was extraordinary in scale and variety. More than one million people, out of nation of just eleven...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Arthur Kent

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