▁Canadian ▁states man , ▁Premier ▁of ▁S ask atch ew an ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁New ▁Democratic ▁Party . ▁She ▁attended ▁high ▁school ▁at ▁Central ▁Colleg iate ▁Institute ▁( now ▁closed ) ▁in ▁Regin a . ▁Douglas ▁attended ▁the ▁Ban ff ▁School ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 6 . ▁ ▁Career ▁Douglas ' s ▁acting ▁career ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁with ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁Regin a ▁Little ▁Theatre ▁entry ▁at ▁the ▁Domin ion ▁D rama ▁Festival , ▁where ▁she ▁won ▁the ▁best ▁actress ▁award . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁Sh ir ley ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁Royal ▁Academy ▁of ▁D ram atic ▁Art ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁stayed ▁in ▁England ▁for ▁several ▁years , ▁performing ▁for ▁theatre ▁and ▁television , ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁Canada ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁ ▁She ▁continued ▁to ▁act ; ▁and ▁her ▁career ▁en comp ass ed ▁several ▁memor able ▁roles ▁on ▁stages ▁in ▁Canada , ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁She ▁port rayed ▁prominent ▁femin ist ▁Nell ie ▁Mc Cl ung , ▁family ▁mat ri arch ▁and ▁business ▁woman ▁May ▁Ba iley ▁in ▁the ▁television ▁series ▁Wind ▁at ▁My ▁Back , ▁H agar ▁Sh i ple y ▁in ▁Margaret ▁Laur ence ' s ▁The ▁Stone ▁Angel , ▁and ▁even ▁characters ▁in ▁popular ▁science ▁fiction ▁series ▁like ▁The ▁Silver ▁Sur fer ▁and ▁Flash ▁Gordon . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁Douglas ▁appeared ▁on ▁stage ▁with ▁her ▁son ▁K ie fer