Elisabeth Sladen
Born
February 1, 1948
Died
April 18, 2011 (63 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
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: Downtime
Sarah-Jane Smith
2025
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Talking Doctor Who
Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2023
Tales of the Tardis
Sarah Jane Smith · (1 episode)
2023
Our Sarah Jane – The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
2010
Sarah Jane's Alien Files
Sarah Jane Smith · (6 episodes)
2010
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
(1 episode)
2010
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self · (1 episode)
2009
The K-9 Files
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2008
David Tennant's Video Diary
Self
2007
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sarah Jane Smith · (52 episodes)
2007
Are Friends Electric?
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
Sarah Jane Smith
2007
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
TMi
(2 episodes)
2006
Totally Doctor Who
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Doctor Who Confidential
(5 episodes)
2005
Doctor Who
Sarah Jane Smith · (3 episodes)
2005
Serial Thrillers
2004
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Chronotrip
2002
K9 Unleashed
2000
Myth Makers 50: Elisabeth Sladen
Sarah Jane Smith
2000
Adventures in Space and Time
Herself
1999
Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised
1997
Downtime
Sarah Jane Smith
1995
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
30 Years in the TARDIS
Herself
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Sarah Jane Smith
1993
Peak Practice
Dr. Pat Hewland · (4 episodes)
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
1993
Summer Session
Herself
1992
Dempsey and Makepeace
Mrs. Barrett · (1 episode)
1985
The Bill
Mrs Preston · (1 episode)
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Sarah Jane Smith
1983
Gulliver in Lilliput
Lady Flimnap · (4 episodes)
1982
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Sarah Jane Smith
1981
K-9 and Company
Sarah Jane Smith · (1 episode)
1981
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
1981
Name for the Day
Jo
1980
Silver Dream Racer
Bank Secretary
1980
Take My Wife
Josie Hall · (6 episodes)
1979
Betzi
Countess Bertrand
1978
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
Sarah Jane Smith
1976
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
Sarah Jane Smith
1976
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Sarah Jane Smith
1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
Sarah Jane Smith
1976
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: Robot
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
(1 episode)
1973
Play for Today
Jo · (1 episode)
1970
Doomwatch
Sarah Collins · (1 episode)
1970
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
Public Eye
Policewoman · (1 episode)
1965
Doctor Who
Sarah Jane Smith · (98 episodes)
1963
Z-Cars
Valerie Hollingsworth · (2 episodes)
1962
Z-Cars
Rose Milton · (1 episode)
1962
Coronation Street
Anita Reynolds · (6 episodes)
1960