Acting · b. 1946 · Liverpool, England, UK

Elisabeth Sladen

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.

Acting
Doctor Who: Downtime Sarah-Jane Smith 2025 Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter Self (archive footage) 2025 Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) 2024 Talking Doctor Who Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) 2023 Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen Self (archive footage) 2020 The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years 2017 Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) 2013 My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen Self (archive footage) 2011 Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 Sara Jane Smith (archive footage) 2010 Doctor Who: The End of Time Sarah Jane Smith 2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures: From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love Sarah Jane Smith 2009 Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 2008 The Ties That Bind Us Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) 2008 The K-9 Files 2008 Five Doctors, One Studio 2008 Hitler: The Comedy Years Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) 2007 David Tennant's Video Diary Self 2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane Sarah Jane Smith 2007 A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil 2007 Are Friends Electric? 2007 Built for War: The Sontaran Story 2006 Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who 2006 Serial Thrillers 2004 The Story of Doctor Who 2003 Chronotrip 2002 K9 Unleashed 2000 Adventures in Space and Time Herself 1999 Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised 1997 The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans 1995 Downtime Sarah Jane Smith 1995
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