Acting
Elisabeth Sladen
Born 1946-02-01
Liverpool, England, UK
Department: 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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Elisabeth Sladen
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Doctor Who
2005
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Coronation Street
1960
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Doctor Who
1963
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Play for Today
1970
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GMTV
1993
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The Bill
1984
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Peak Practice
1993
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The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
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Z-Cars
1962
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Doctor Who Confidential
2005
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (82 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death | Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Talking Doctor Who | Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) | Movie | 2023 |
 | Tales of the Tardis | Sarah Jane Smith | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS | Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) | Movie | 2013 |
 | My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 | Sara Jane Smith (archive footage) | Movie | 2010 |
 | Sarah Jane's Alien Files | Sarah Jane Smith | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Doctor Who: The End of Time | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 2010 |
| The National Television Awards Backstage Live | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2010 | |
 | Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Self | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The K-9 Files | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Ties That Bind Us | Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) | Movie | 2008 |
| Five Doctors, One Studio | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 | |
 | David Tennant's Video Diary | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Sarah Jane Smith | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Are Friends Electric? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 2007 |
 | Built for War: The Sontaran Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
| TMi | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 | |
 | Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | Totally Doctor Who | Self | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Doctor Who Confidential | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Doctor Who | Sarah Jane Smith | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Serial Thrillers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Story of Doctor Who | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
| Chronotrip | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 | |
 | K9 Unleashed | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
 | Adventures in Space and Time | Herself | Movie | 1999 |
 | Who is Tom Baker? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1997 |
 | Downtime | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1995 |
 | 30 Years in the TARDIS | Herself | Movie | 1993 |
 | Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1993 |
 | Peak Practice | Dr. Pat Hewland | TV Series | 1993 |
 | GMTV | Self | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Summer Session | Self | Movie | 1992 |
 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Mrs. Barrett | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Bill | Mrs Preston | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks | Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1984 |
 | Doctor Who: The Five Doctors | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1983 |
 | Gulliver in Lilliput | Lady Flimnap | TV Series | 1982 |
 | K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1981 |
| K-9 and Company | Sarah Jane Smith | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Doctor Who: Logopolis | Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) | Movie | 1981 |
 | Name for the Day | Jo | Movie | 1980 |
 | Silver Dream Racer | Bank Secretary | Movie | 1980 |
| Take My Wife | Josie Hall | TV Series | 1979 | |
| Betzi | Countess Bertrand | Movie | 1978 | |
| Send in the Girls | Beverley | TV Series | 1978 | |
 | Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1976 |
 | Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1976 |
 | Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1976 |
 | Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1976 |
 | Doctor Who: The Android Invasion | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: Planet of Evil | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: The Ark in Space | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: Robot | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1975 |
 | Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1974 |
 | Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1974 |
 | Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1974 |
 | Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1974 |
 | Doctor Who: The Time Warrior | Sarah Jane Smith | Movie | 1974 |
 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Play for Today | Jo | TV Series | 1970 |
 | Doomwatch | Sarah Collins | TV Series | 1970 |
 | Ferry Cross the Mersey | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Public Eye | Policewoman | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Doctor Who | Sarah Jane Smith | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Z-Cars | Valerie Hollingsworth | TV Series | 1962 |
| Z-Cars | Rose Milton | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Coronation Street | Anita Reynolds | TV Series | 1960 |