TORONTO, ONT – Shirley Douglas, the impassioned Canadian activist and veteran actress who was mother to actor Kiefer Sutherland and daughter of Canada medicare founder Tommy Douglas, died Sunday.
She was 86. Sutherland announced his mother’s death on Twitter, saying she succumbed to complications surrounding pneumonia.
He said it was not related COVID-19. “My mother was an extraordinary woman who led an extraordinary life,” said Sutherland. “Sadly she had been battling for her health for quite some time and we, as a family, knew this day was coming.” A native of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Douglas worked with directors including Stanley Kubrick ("Lolita") and David Cronenberg ("Dead Ringers"), and she won a Gemini Award for her performance in