Elisabeth Sladen

Personal Info

Birthday

February 1, 1948

Day of Death

2011-04-18

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

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.

Known For

Doctor Who

Coronation Street

Play for Today

Peak Practice

The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Bill

Dempsey and Makepeace

Z-Cars

Filmography

2025
Doctor Who: Downtime
as Sarah-Jane Smith
2024
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2020
Our Sarah Jane – The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
2010
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
as Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2007
David Tennant's Video Diary
as Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
as Sarah Jane Smith
2000
Myth Makers 50: Elisabeth Sladen
as Sarah Jane Smith
1999
Adventures in Space and Time
as Herself
1995
Downtime
as Sarah Jane Smith
1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Herself
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Sarah Jane Smith
1992
Summer Session
as Herself
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Sarah Jane Smith
1981
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
1980
Name for the Day
as Jo
Silver Dream Racer
as Bank Secretary
1978
Betzi
as Countess Bertrand
1976
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
as Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Robot
as Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
as Sarah Jane Smith