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

• 2024Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death — Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Tales of the Tardis — Sarah Jane Smith
• 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
• Sarah Jane's Alien Files — Sarah Jane Smith
• The National Television Awards Backstage Live
• 2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
• 2008Five Doctors, One Studio
• 2008The K-9 Files
• 2008The Ties That Bind Us — Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
• 2007A Darker Side: The Making of Planet of Evil
• 2007Are Friends Electric?
• 2007Hitler: The Comedy Years — Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Sarah Jane Adventures — Sarah Jane Smith
• 2007The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane — Sarah Jane Smith
• 2006Built for War: The Sontaran Story
• 2006Changing Time: Living and Leaving Doctor Who
• TMi
• Doctor Who — Sarah Jane Smith
• Doctor Who Confidential
• 2004Serial Thrillers
• 2003The Story of Doctor Who
• 2002Chronotrip
• 2000K9 Unleashed
• 1997Who is Tom Baker?
• 1995Downtime — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1995The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
• 1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time — Sarah Jane Smith
• Peak Practice — Dr. Pat Hewland
• Dempsey and Makepeace — Mrs. Barrett
• 1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks — Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Bill — Mrs Preston
• 1983Doctor Who: The Five Doctors — Sarah Jane Smith
• Gulliver in Lilliput — Lady Flimnap
• 1981Doctor Who: Logopolis — Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
• K-9 and Company — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1981K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1980Name for the Day — Jo
• 1980Silver Dream Racer — Bank Secretary
• Take My Wife — Josie Hall
• 1978Betzi — Countess Bertrand
• Send in the Girls — Beverley
• 1976Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1976Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1976Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1976Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: Planet of Evil — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: Robot — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: The Android Invasion — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: The Ark in Space — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1975Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1974Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1974Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon — Sarah Jane Smith
• 1974Doctor Who: The Time Warrior — Sarah Jane Smith
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
• Doomwatch — Sarah Collins
• Play for Today — Jo
• 1965Ferry Cross the Mersey
• Public Eye — Policewoman
• Doctor Who — Sarah Jane Smith
• Z-Cars — Valerie Hollingsworth, Rose Milton
• Coronation Street — Anita Reynolds

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2025Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Talking Doctor Who — Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)
• 2020Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen — Self (archive footage)
• 2011My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen — Self (archive footage)
• Doctor Who Greatest Moments — Self
• 2007David Tennant's Video Diary — Self
• Totally Doctor Who — Self
• 1999Adventures in Space and Time — Herself
• 199330 Years in the TARDIS — Herself
• GMTV — Self
• 1992Summer Session — Self