Elisabeth Sladen

Elisabeth Sladen

Known for
Acting
Born
February 1, 1946
Died
April 19, 2011 (aged 65)
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

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Filmography

2025
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter poster

Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death poster

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

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Talking Doctor Who poster

Talking Doctor Who

Movie · as Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as Sarah Jane Smith · 1 ep

2020
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen poster

Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years poster

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years

Movie

2013
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS poster

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

Movie · as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)

2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen poster

My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 poster

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

Movie · as Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)

2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time poster

Doctor Who: The End of Time

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

2010
The National Television Awards Backstage Live

The National Television Awards Backstage Live

TV · 1 ep

2010
Sarah Jane's Alien Files poster

Sarah Jane's Alien Files

TV · as Sarah Jane Smith · 3 eps

2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments poster

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 poster

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Movie

2008
The Ties That Bind Us poster

The Ties That Bind Us

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

2008
The K-9 Files poster

The K-9 Files

Movie

2008
Five Doctors, One Studio

Five Doctors, One Studio

Movie

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years poster

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007
David Tennant's Video Diary poster

David Tennant's Video Diary

Movie · as Self

2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane poster

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

2007
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil poster

A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil

Movie

2007
Are Friends Electric? poster

Are Friends Electric?

Movie

2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures poster

The Sarah Jane Adventures

TV · as Sarah Jane Smith · 52 eps

2006
Built for War: The Sontaran Story poster

Built for War: The Sontaran Story

Movie

2006
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who poster

Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who

Movie

2006
TMi

TMi

TV · 2 eps

2006
Totally Doctor Who poster

Totally Doctor Who

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · 5 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Sarah Jane Smith · 3 eps

2004
Serial Thrillers poster

Serial Thrillers

Movie

2003
The Story of Doctor Who poster

The Story of Doctor Who

Movie

2002
Chronotrip

Chronotrip

Movie

2000
K9 Unleashed poster

K9 Unleashed

Movie

1999
Adventures in Space and Time poster

Adventures in Space and Time

Movie · as Herself

1997
Who is Tom Baker? poster

Who is Tom Baker?

Movie

1995
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans poster

The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

Movie

1995
Downtime poster

Downtime

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time poster

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1993
30 Years in the TARDIS poster

30 Years in the TARDIS

Movie · as Herself

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice

TV · as Dr. Pat Hewland · 4 eps

1992
Summer Session poster

Summer Session

Movie · as Self

1985
Dempsey and Makepeace poster

Dempsey and Makepeace

TV · as Mrs. Barrett · 1 ep

1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

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

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · as Mrs Preston · 1 ep

1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors poster

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1982
Gulliver in Lilliput poster

Gulliver in Lilliput

TV · as Lady Flimnap · 4 eps

1981
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend poster

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

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis poster

Doctor Who: Logopolis

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

1981
K-9 and Company poster

K-9 and Company

TV · as Sarah Jane Smith · 1 ep

1980
Silver Dream Racer poster

Silver Dream Racer

Movie · as Bank Secretary

1980
Name for the Day poster

Name for the Day

Movie · as Jo

1979
Take My Wife

Take My Wife

TV · as Josie Hall · 6 eps

1978
Betzi

Betzi

Movie · as Countess Bertrand

1978
Send in the Girls

Send in the Girls

TV · as Beverley · 1 ep

1976
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom poster

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius poster

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1976
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora poster

Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1976
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear poster

Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion poster

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space poster

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars poster

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen poster

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: Robot poster

Doctor Who: Robot

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons poster

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment poster

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil poster

Doctor Who: Planet of Evil

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon poster

Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs poster

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior poster

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders poster

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Movie · as Sarah Jane Smith

1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em poster

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

TV · as Judy · 1 ep

1970
Doomwatch poster

Doomwatch

TV · as Sarah Collins · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Jo · 1 ep

1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey poster

Ferry Cross the Mersey

Movie

1965
Public Eye poster

Public Eye

TV · as Policewoman · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Sarah Jane Smith · 98 eps

1962
Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars

TV · as Valerie Hollingsworth, Rose Milton · 2 eps

1960
Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street

TV · as Anita Reynolds · 6 eps