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.

Filmography 80

Movies (57)

Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
2025
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
2024
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Talking Doctor Who
2023
Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
2020
Self (archive footage)
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
2011
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010
Sarah Jane Smith
The K-9 Files
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
David Tennant's Video Diary
2007
Self
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007
Are Friends Electric?
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
2007
Sarah Jane Smith
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
Serial Thrillers
2004
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Chronotrip
2002
K9 Unleashed
2000
Adventures in Space and Time
1999
Herself
Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised
1997
Downtime
1995
Sarah Jane Smith
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
Herself
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
Sarah Jane Smith