Acting
Community Rating
7.1
TMDB estimate
Born
February 1, 1946
Died
April 19, 2011 (age 65)
Born in
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.

Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Doctor Who: Downtime
as Sarah-Jane Smith
2025

Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024

Talking Doctor Who
as Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2023

Tales of the Tardis
as Sarah Jane Smith
2023

Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen
as Self (archive footage)
2020

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
as Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)
2013
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
as Self (archive footage)
2011

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
as Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)
2010

Sarah Jane's Alien Files
as Sarah Jane Smith
2010

Doctor Who: The End of Time
as Sarah Jane Smith
2010
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
as Self
2009

The K-9 Files
2008

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008

The Ties That Bind Us
as Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
2008
Five Doctors, One Studio
2008

David Tennant's Video Diary
as Self
2007

A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
2007