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