Elisabeth Sladen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-02-01 (63 years old)

Deathday

2011-04-18

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Elisabeth Sladen

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.

Acting

1975

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993

2023

Talking Doctor Who

as Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

1976

2000

1995

Downtime

as Sarah Jane Smith

2013

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)

1975

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

as Sarah Jane Smith

1978

Betzi

as Countess Bertrand

1975

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

as Sarah Jane Smith

2024

Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death

as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975

Doctor Who: Robot

as Sarah Jane Smith

1975

1976

1974

1974

1974

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

as Sarah Jane Smith

1974

1975

1975

Doctor Who: Planet of Evil

as Sarah Jane Smith

1976

Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

as Sarah Jane Smith

1980

Silver Dream Racer

as Bank Secretary

1983

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

as Sarah Jane Smith

1981

Doctor Who: Logopolis

as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

1992

Summer Session

as Herself

2010

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

as Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

2025

Doctor Who: Downtime

as Sarah-Jane Smith

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