Elisabeth Sladen
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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
Filmography
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
2024
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
Tales of the Tardis
2023
as Sarah Jane Smith
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
as Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010
as Sarah Jane Smith
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
Sarah Jane's Alien Files
2010
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
as Self
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
The K-9 Files
2008
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Tennant's Video Diary
2007
as Self
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
2007
as Sarah Jane Smith
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007
Are Friends Electric?
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Sarah Jane Smith
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
TMi
2006
Totally Doctor Who
2006
as Self
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Doctor Who
2005
as Sarah Jane Smith
Serial Thrillers
2004
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Chronotrip
2002
K9 Unleashed
2000
Adventures in Space and Time
1999
as Herself
Who is Tom Baker?
1997
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
Downtime
1995
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
as Sarah Jane Smith
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Herself
GMTV
1993
as Self
Peak Practice
1993
as Dr. Pat Hewland
Summer Session
1992
as Self
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Mrs. Barrett
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bill
1984
as Mrs Preston
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
as Sarah Jane Smith
Gulliver in Lilliput
1982
as Lady Flimnap
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
1981
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
K-9 and Company
1981
as Sarah Jane Smith
Silver Dream Racer
1980
as Bank Secretary
Name for the Day
1980
as Jo
Take My Wife
1979
as Josie Hall
Betzi
1978
as Countess Bertrand
Send in the Girls
1978
as Beverley
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
1976
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
1976
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
1976
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Robot
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
1975
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
as Sarah Jane Smith
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
Doomwatch
1970
as Sarah Collins
Play for Today
1970
as Jo
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
Public Eye
1965
as Policewoman
Doctor Who
1963
as Sarah Jane Smith
Z-Cars
1962
as Valerie Hollingsworth
Z-Cars
1962
as Rose Milton
Coronation Street
1960
as Anita Reynolds