Elisabeth Sladen

Acting

Born 01/02/1946
Liverpool, England, UK
Died 19/04/2011

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.

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Known For

Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
2025
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
2024
Talking Doctor Who
2023
Tales of the Tardis
2023
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
2020
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
2011
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
Sarah Jane's Alien Files
2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
The K-9 Files
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
David Tennant's Video Diary
2007
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Are Friends Electric?
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
2007
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
Totally Doctor Who
2006
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Serial Thrillers
2004
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
K9 Unleashed
2000
Adventures in Space and Time
1999
Who is Tom Baker?
1997
Downtime
1995
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
Peak Practice
1993
GMTV
1993
Summer Session
1992
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
The Bill
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
Gulliver in Lilliput
1982
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
1981
K-9 and Company
1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
Name for the Day
1980
Silver Dream Racer
1980
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
1976
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
1976
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1975
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
1975
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
1975
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
1975
Doctor Who: Robot
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
Play for Today
1970
Doomwatch
1970
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
Public Eye
1965
Doctor Who
1963
Z-Cars
1962
Z-Cars
1962
Coronation Street
1960