Elisabeth Sladen

Elisabeth Sladen

Elisabeth Sladen

Acting•Born February 1, 1946•Died April 19, 2011 (age 65)•Liverpool, England, UK

Biography

Elisabeth Claira Heath Sladen (1 February 1946 - 19 April 2011) was an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series Doctor Who. She was a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprised the role many times in subsequent decades, both on Doctor Who and its spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Known For

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005•TV Series•

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

1960•TV Series•

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963•TV Series•

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970•TV Series•

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

1993•TV Series•

The Bill

The Bill

1984•TV Series•

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

1962•TV Series•

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

1962•TV Series•

Filmography

2025

Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2024

Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death

as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

2023

Talking Doctor Who

as Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

Movie

2023

Tales of the Tardis

as Sarah Jane Smith

TV

2020

Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2017

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years

Movie

2013

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)

Movie

2011

My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2010

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

as Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)

Movie

2010

Sarah Jane's Alien Files

as Sarah Jane Smith

TV

2010

Doctor Who: The End of Time

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

2010

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

TV

2009

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

as Self

TV

2008

Movie

2008

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Movie

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

Movie

2008

Five Doctors, One Studio

Movie

2007

David Tennant's Video Diary

as Self

Movie

2007

A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil

Movie

2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures

as Sarah Jane Smith

TV

2007

Are Friends Electric?

Movie

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

2006

Built for War: The Sontaran Story

Movie

2006

TV

2006

Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who

Movie

2006

Totally Doctor Who

as Self

TV

2005

Doctor Who Confidential

TV

2005

as Sarah Jane Smith

TV

2004

Serial Thrillers

Movie

2003

The Story of Doctor Who

Movie

2002

Movie

2000

Movie

1999

Adventures in Space and Time

as Herself

Movie

1997

Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised

Movie

1995

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1995

The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

Movie

1993

30 Years in the TARDIS

as Herself

Movie

1993

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1993

as Dr. Pat Hewland

TV

1993

as Self

TV

1992

as Self

Movie

1985

Dempsey and Makepeace

as Mrs. Barrett

TV

1984

as Mrs Preston

TV

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

1983

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1982

Gulliver in Lilliput

as Lady Flimnap

TV

1981

K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1981

K-9 and Company

as Sarah Jane Smith

TV

1981

Doctor Who: Logopolis

as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

Movie

1980

Name for the Day

as Jo

Movie

1980

Silver Dream Racer

as Bank Secretary

Movie

1979

as Josie Hall

TV

1978

as Countess Bertrand

Movie

1976

Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1976

Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1976

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1976

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: Planet of Evil

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1975

Doctor Who: Robot

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1974

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1974

Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1974

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1974

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1974

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

as Sarah Jane Smith

Movie

1973

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

TV

1970

as Jo

TV

1970

as Sarah Collins

TV

1965

Ferry Cross the Mersey

Movie

1965

as Policewoman

TV

1963

as Sarah Jane Smith

TV

1962

as Valerie Hollingsworth

TV

1962

as Rose Milton

TV

1960

Coronation Street

as Anita Reynolds

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing

BirthdayFebruary 1, 1946

Day of DeathApril 19, 2011

Place of BirthLiverpool, England, UK

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