Elisabeth Sladen
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Sarah Jane Smith
2005
Series
Coronation Street
Anita Reynolds
1960
Series
Play for Today
Jo
1970
Series
Doctor Who
Sarah Jane Smith
1963
Series
Peak Practice
Dr. Pat Hewland
1993
Series
GMTV
Self
1993
Series
The Bill
Mrs Preston
1984
Series
Z-Cars
Valerie Hollingsworth
1962
Series
Z-Cars
Rose Milton
1962
Series
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sarah Jane Smith
2007
Series
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Series
Public Eye
Policewoman
1965
Series
Dempsey and Makepeace
Mrs. Barrett
1985
Series
Doomwatch
Sarah Collins
1970
Series
Tales of the Tardis
Sarah Jane Smith
2023
Series
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
TMi
2006
Series
Totally Doctor Who
Self
2006
Series
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
2009
Series
K-9 and Company
Sarah Jane Smith
1981
Film
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
2010
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
Series
Gulliver in Lilliput
Lady Flimnap
1982
Series
Sarah Jane's Alien Files
Sarah Jane Smith
2010
Film
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
Film
Talking Doctor Who
Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2023
Take My Wife
Josie Hall
1979
Film
The Ties That Bind Us
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2008
Film
Silver Dream Racer
Bank Secretary
1980
Film
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
Sarah Jane Smith
2007
Film
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
Sarah Jane Smith
1976
Film
Doctor Who: The End of Time
Sarah Jane Smith
2010
Film
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Sarah Jane Smith
1993
Film
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Film
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
1981
Film
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
2013
Film
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Betzi
Countess Bertrand
1978
Film
Doctor Who: Robot
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Film
Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
Sarah Jane Smith
1976
Film
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Film
David Tennant's Video Diary
Self
2007
Film
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Film
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Film
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Film
Name for the Day
Jo
1980
Film
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Film
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Film
Summer Session
Self
1992
Chronotrip
2002
Film
30 Years in the TARDIS
Herself
1993
Film
Downtime
Sarah Jane Smith
1995
Film
Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Film
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Film
Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
2006
Film
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Sarah Jane Smith
1983
Film
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Film
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Sarah Jane Smith
1981
Film
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Film
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Film
A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007
Film
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Film
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Film
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Sarah Jane Smith
1976
Film
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
K9 Unleashed
2000
Film
Serial Thrillers
2004
Film
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Film
Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
Self (archive footage)
2025
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008
Film
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear
Sarah Jane Smith
1976
Film
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
Film
Are Friends Electric?
2007
Film
Adventures in Space and Time
Herself
1999
Film
Who is Tom Baker? Unauthorised
1997
Film
The K-9 Files
2008
Film
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
Film
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
Sarah Jane Smith
1975
Film
Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Sarah Jane Smith
1974
Film
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1995