Acting

Elisabeth Sladen

Born: 1946-02-01
Died: 2011-04-19
Birthplace: 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 Confidential

Coronation Street

Filmography

81 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter

2025 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

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

2024 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tales of the Tardis

2023 · TV Show

Sarah Jane Smith

Talking Doctor Who

2023 · Movie

Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen

2020 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years

2017 · Movie

Cast

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

2013 · Movie

Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)

My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen

2011 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

2010 · Movie

Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The End of Time

2010 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Sarah Jane's Alien Files

2010 · TV Show

Sarah Jane Smith

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

2010 · TV Show

Cast

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

2009 · TV Show

Self

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

2008 · Movie

Cast

Five Doctors, One Studio

2008 · Movie

Cast

The K-9 Files

2008 · Movie

Cast

The Ties That Bind Us

2008 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil

2007 · Movie

Cast

Are Friends Electric?

2007 · Movie

Cast

David Tennant's Video Diary

2007 · Movie

Self

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007 · TV Show

Sarah Jane Smith

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane

2007 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Built for War: The Sontaran Story

2006 · Movie

Cast

Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who

2006 · Movie

Cast

TMi

2006 · TV Show

Cast

Totally Doctor Who

2006 · TV Show

Self

Doctor Who

2005 · TV Show

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who Confidential

2005 · TV Show

Cast

Serial Thrillers

2004 · Movie

Cast

The Story of Doctor Who

2003 · Movie

Cast

Chronotrip

2002 · Movie

Cast

K9 Unleashed

2000 · Movie

Cast

Adventures in Space and Time

1999 · Movie

Herself

Who is Tom Baker?

1997 · Movie

Cast

Downtime

1995 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

1995 · Movie

Cast

30 Years in the TARDIS

1993 · Movie

Herself

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

1993 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

GMTV

1993 · TV Show

Self

Peak Practice

1993 · TV Show

Dr. Pat Hewland

Summer Session

1992 · Movie

Self

Dempsey and Makepeace

1985 · TV Show

Mrs. Barrett

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

1984 · Movie

Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Bill

1984 · TV Show

Mrs Preston

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

1983 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Gulliver in Lilliput

1982 · TV Show

Lady Flimnap

Doctor Who: Logopolis

1981 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

K-9 and Company

1981 · TV Show

Sarah Jane Smith

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

1981 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Name for the Day

1980 · Movie

Jo

Silver Dream Racer

1980 · Movie

Bank Secretary

Take My Wife

1979 · TV Show

Josie Hall

Betzi

1978 · Movie

Countess Bertrand

Send in the Girls

1978 · TV Show

Beverley

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

1976 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

1976 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora

1976 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

1976 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Planet of Evil

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Robot

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

1975 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

1974 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

1974 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

1974 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

1974 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

1974 · Movie

Sarah Jane Smith

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

1973 · TV Show

Cast

Doomwatch

1970 · TV Show

Sarah Collins

Play for Today

1970 · TV Show

Jo

Ferry Cross the Mersey

1965 · Movie

Cast

Public Eye

1965 · TV Show

Policewoman

Doctor Who

1963 · TV Show

Sarah Jane Smith

Z-Cars

1962 · TV Show

Valerie Hollingsworth · Rose Milton

Coronation Street

1960 · TV Show

Anita Reynolds