Elisabeth Sladen
ActingFebruary 1, 1946 – April 19, 2011 (aged 65)
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.
Filmography
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter2025 · Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death2024 · Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Talking Doctor Who2023 · Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
Tales of the Tardis2023 · Sarah Jane Smith
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen2020 · Self (archive footage)
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years2017
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS2013 · Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen2011 · Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 22010 · Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
Sarah Jane's Alien Files2010 · Sarah Jane Smith
Doctor Who: The End of Time2010 · Sarah Jane Smith
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
The National Television Awards Backstage Live2010
Doctor Who Greatest Moments2009 · Self
The K-9 Files2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 19832008
The Ties That Bind Us2008 · Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
Five Doctors, One Studio
Five Doctors, One Studio2008
David Tennant's Video Diary2007 · Self
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures2007 · Sarah Jane Smith
Are Friends Electric?2007
Tom Green Country2007 · Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane2007 · Sarah Jane Smith
Built for War: The Sontaran Story2006
TMi
TMi2006
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who2006
Totally Doctor Who2006 · Self
Doctor Who Confidential2005
Doctor Who2005 · Sarah Jane Smith
Serial Thrillers2004
The Story of Doctor Who2003
Chronotrip
Chronotrip2002
K9 Unleashed2000
Adventures in Space and Time1999 · Herself
Who is Tom Baker?1997
Downtime1995 · Sarah Jane Smith
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans1995
30 Years in the TARDIS1993 · Herself
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time1993 · Sarah Jane Smith
Peak Practice1993 · Dr. Pat Hewland
Summer Session1992
Gulliver in Lilliput1982 · Lady Flimnap
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend1981 · Sarah Jane Smith
Take My Wife
Take My Wife1979 · Josie Hall
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom1976
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora1976
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius1976
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear1976
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks1975
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment1975
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars1975
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil1975
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion1975
Doctor Who: Robot1975
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons1975
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior1974
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks1974
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders1974