Elisabeth Sladen
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.
As actor 81
Coronation Street
1960
Doctor Who
2005
Doctor Who
1963
Play for Today
1970
The Bill
1984
Peak Practice
1993
GMTV
1993
Z-Cars
1962
Public Eye
1965
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
Doomwatch
1970
Tales of the Tardis
2023
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
Totally Doctor Who
2006
TMi
2006
Send in the Girls
1978
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
K-9 and Company
1981
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
2024
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
Sarah Jane's Alien Files
2010
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
1983
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
Who is Tom Baker?
1997
Doctor Who: Robot
1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
1975
David Tennant's Video Diary
2007
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
1975
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
1976
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Gulliver in Lilliput
1982
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
2011
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1975
Adventures in Space and Time
1999
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
1976
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
1981
Talking Doctor Who
2023
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
1976
Name for the Day
1980
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
2007
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
Betzi
1978
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
1975
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
2020
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
1974
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
1975
Silver Dream Racer
1980
Chronotrip
2002
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
2025
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
1975
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
Summer Session
1992
The K-9 Files
2008
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
Take My Wife
1979
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007
Downtime
1995
K9 Unleashed
2000
Serial Thrillers
2004
Are Friends Electric?
2007