Elisabeth Sladen
Acting1946Liverpool, 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
Acting History
2025
Doctor Who: Downtime
as Sarah-Jane Smith
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tales of the Tardis
TVas Sarah Jane Smith• 1 eps
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)
2011
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
as Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
Sarah Jane's Alien Files
TVas Sarah Jane Smith
2009
The Sarah Jane Adventures: From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
TVas Self
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
as Sarah Jane Smith
David Tennant's Video Diary
as Self
The Sarah Jane Adventures
TVas Sarah Jane Smith• 52 eps
2006
Totally Doctor Who
TVas Self• 1 eps
Doctor Who
TVas Sarah Jane Smith• 3 eps
2004
2002
2000
1999
Adventures in Space and Time
as Herself
1996
Peak Practice
TVas Dr. Pat Hewland• 4 eps
1995
Downtime
as Sarah Jane Smith
1993
1992
Summer Session
as Self
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
TVas Mrs. Barrett• 1 eps
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bill
TVas Mrs Preston
1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Sarah Jane Smith
1982
Gulliver in Lilliput
TVas Lady Flimnap
1981
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
K-9 and Company
TVas Sarah Jane Smith• 1 eps
1980
1979
Take My Wife
TVas Josie Hall
1978
Betzi
as Countess Bertrand
1976
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
as Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
as Sarah Jane Smith
Terror of the Zygons
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Robot
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
as Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
as Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
as Sarah Jane Smith
1972
Z-Cars
TVas Rose Milton• 1 eps
Public Eye
TVas Policewoman• 1 eps
1970
Doomwatch
TVas Sarah Collins
1963
Doctor Who
TVas Sarah Jane Smith
1960
Coronation Street
TVas Anita Reynolds