- Mother of Kiefer Sutherland and Rachel Sutherland.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protested a Summit of the Americas meeting in Windsor, Ontario in June 2000.
- Was awarded the OC (Officer of the Order of Canada) on 10 October 2002 for her services to the Performing Arts in Canada.
- Spring 2004 she received her own star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario.
- Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1952.
- 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.
- Living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (December 2000)
- Of Clan Douglas.
- Grandmother of Sarah Sutherland.
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada (June 2007)
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