Elisabeth Sladen

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Elisabeth Sladen

Acting February 1, 1946

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…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
Coronation Street

Coronation Street

5.4 1960 TV Show
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
GMTV

GMTV

5.8 1993 TV Show
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
Peak Practice

Peak Practice

6.5 1993 TV Show
Z-Cars

Z-Cars

7.3 1962 TV Show
The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

7.1 2007 TV Show
Doctor Who Confidential

Doctor Who Confidential

8.2 2005 TV Show
Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace

6.8 1985 TV Show
Public Eye

Public Eye

8.2 1965 TV Show

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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.

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Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2024
    Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death

    Movie Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

  3. 2023
    Tales of the Tardis

    TV show Sarah Jane Smith

  4. 2023
    Talking Doctor Who

    Movie Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

  5. 2020
    Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2017
    The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years

    Movie

  7. 2013
    Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

    Movie Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)

  8. 2011
    My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2010
    Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

    Movie Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)

  10. 2010
    Sarah Jane's Alien Files

    TV show Sarah Jane Smith

  11. 2010
    Doctor Who: The End of Time

    Movie Sarah Jane Smith

  12. 2010
    The National Television Awards Backstage Live

    TV show

  13. 2009
    Doctor Who Greatest Moments

    TV show Self

  14. 2008
    The K-9 Files

    Movie

  15. 2008
    The Ties That Bind Us

    Movie Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)

  16. 2008
    Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

    Movie

More credits
  1. 2008
    Five Doctors, One Studio

    Movie

  2. 2007
    David Tennant's Video Diary

    Movie Self

  3. 2007
    A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil

    Movie

  4. 2007
    The Sarah Jane Adventures

    TV show Sarah Jane Smith

  5. 2007
    Are Friends Electric?

    Movie

  6. 2007
    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Movie Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

  7. 2007
    The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane

    Movie Sarah Jane Smith

  8. 2006
    Built for War: The Sontaran Story

    Movie

  9. 2006
    TMi

    TV show

  10. 2006
    Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who

    Movie

  11. 2006
    Totally Doctor Who

    TV show Self

  12. 2005
    Doctor Who

    TV show Sarah Jane Smith

  13. 2005
    Doctor Who Confidential

    TV show

  14. 2004
    Serial Thrillers

    Movie

  15. 2003
    The Story of Doctor Who

    Movie

  16. 2002
    Chronotrip

    Movie

  17. 2000
    K9 Unleashed

    Movie

  18. 1999
    Adventures in Space and Time

    Movie Herself

  19. 1997
    Who is Tom Baker?

    Movie

  20. 1995
    Downtime

    Movie Sarah Jane Smith

  21. 1995
    The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

    Movie

  22. 1993
    30 Years in the TARDIS

    Movie Herself

  23. 1993
    Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

    Movie Sarah Jane Smith

  24. 1993
    Peak Practice

    TV show Dr. Pat Hewland