
Elisabeth Sladen
Acting
Born 1946-02-01 · 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 Marter
Sep 20, 2025

Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Jun 21, 2024

Talking Doctor Who
Nov 1, 2023

Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
May 4, 2020

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
Sep 18, 2017

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Sep 24, 2013

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Nov 9, 2010

Doctor Who: The End of Time
Feb 2, 2010

The Sarah Jane Adventures: From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love
Mar 13, 2009

The K-9 Files
Jun 16, 2008

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Mar 3, 2008

The Ties That Bind Us
Mar 3, 2008

David Tennant's Video Diary
Nov 5, 2007

A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
Oct 15, 2007

Are Friends Electric?
Jun 4, 2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years
May 10, 2007

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
Jan 1, 2007

Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Oct 9, 2006

Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
Jul 24, 2006

Serial Thrillers
Mar 1, 2004

The Story of Doctor Who
Dec 30, 2003

K9 Unleashed
Apr 10, 2000

Adventures in Space and Time
Nov 13, 1999

Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised
Jun 1, 1997

Downtime
Feb 3, 1995

The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Jan 1, 1995

30 Years in the TARDIS
Nov 29, 1993

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Nov 27, 1993

Summer Session
Sep 14, 1992

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Feb 15, 1984