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Elisabeth Sladen

Acting · 1946–2011 · 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

Filmography

2025Worlds Within: The Life of Ian MarterSelf (archive footage)
2024Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of DeathSarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2023Tales of the TardisSarah Jane Smith
2020Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth SladenSelf (archive footage)
2017The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2013Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDISSarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
2011My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth SladenSelf (archive footage)
2010Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
2010Sarah Jane's Alien FilesSarah Jane Smith
2010Doctor Who: The End of TimeSarah Jane Smith
2010The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2009Doctor Who Greatest MomentsSelf
2008The K-9 Files
2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008The Ties That Bind UsSarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2008Five Doctors, One Studio
2007David Tennant's Video DiarySelf
2007A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresSarah Jane Smith
2007Are Friends Electric?
2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsSarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the BaneSarah Jane Smith
2006Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006TMi
2006Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006Totally Doctor WhoSelf
2005Doctor Who Confidential
2005Doctor WhoSarah Jane Smith
2004Serial Thrillers
2003The Story of Doctor Who
2002Chronotrip
2000K9 Unleashed
1999Adventures in Space and TimeHerself
1997Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised
1995DowntimeSarah Jane Smith
1995The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
199330 Years in the TARDISHerself
1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in TimeSarah Jane Smith
1993Peak PracticeDr. Pat Hewland
1993GMTVSelf
1992Summer SessionSelf
1985Dempsey and MakepeaceMrs. Barrett
1984The BillMrs Preston
1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksSarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsSarah Jane Smith
1982Gulliver in LilliputLady Flimnap
1981K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best FriendSarah Jane Smith
1981K-9 and CompanySarah Jane Smith
1981Doctor Who: LogopolisSarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
1980Name for the DayJo
1980Silver Dream RacerBank Secretary
1979Take My WifeJosie Hall
1978BetziCountess Bertrand
1976Doctor Who: The Hand of FearSarah Jane Smith
1976Doctor Who: The Masque of MandragoraSarah Jane Smith
1976Doctor Who: The Seeds of DoomSarah Jane Smith
1976Doctor Who: The Brain of MorbiusSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: The Android InvasionSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: Pyramids of MarsSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: Planet of EvilSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: Terror of the ZygonsSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: Revenge of the CybermenSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: Genesis of the DaleksSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: The Sontaran ExperimentSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: The Ark in SpaceSarah Jane Smith
1975Doctor Who: RobotSarah Jane Smith
1974Doctor Who: Planet of the SpidersSarah Jane Smith
1974Doctor Who: The Monster of PeladonSarah Jane Smith
1974Doctor Who: Death to the DaleksSarah Jane Smith
1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the DinosaursSarah Jane Smith
1974Doctor Who: The Time WarriorSarah Jane Smith
1973Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1970Play for TodayJo
1970DoomwatchSarah Collins
1965Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965Public EyePolicewoman
1963Doctor WhoSarah Jane Smith
1962Z-CarsValerie Hollingsworth
1960Coronation StreetAnita Reynolds

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