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Elisabeth Sladen

Elisabeth Sladen

Elisabeth Sladen

1948-02-01

Liverpool, England, UK

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Coronation Street

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

The Bill

Doctor Who Confidential

Dempsey and Makepeace

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

GMTV

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

Silver Dream Racer

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

Play for Today

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

Doctor Who: Robot

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

Peak Practice

Ferry Cross the Mersey

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

K-9 and Company

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

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Filmography:

Coronation Street (1960)
4
APPEREAD AS:
Anita Reynolds
Z-Cars (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Valerie Hollingsworth, Rose Milton
Doctor Who (1963)
6.7
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Public Eye (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Policewoman
Doomwatch (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Collins
Play for Today (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Jo
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith

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Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Robot (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith

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Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Silver Dream Racer (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Bank Secretary
Name for the Day (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Jo
K-9 and Company (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
Gulliver in Lilliput (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Lady Flimnap
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
The Bill (1984)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs Preston
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Barrett
Peak Practice (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Pat Hewland
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Downtime (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Myth Makers 50: Elisabeth Sladen (2000)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who (2005)
6.8
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane (2007)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
Sarah Jane's Alien Files (2010)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 (2010)
APPEREAD AS:
Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS (2013)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
Tales of the Tardis (2023)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death (2024)
APPEREAD AS:
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)