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Elisabeth Sladen was a British stage actor, film actor and ballet dancer, born on 1 February 1946 in Liverpool. She held citizenship of the United Kingdom, began her career in 1965, and spoke English throughout her working life.
Sladen died on 19 April 2011 in Southall. Her cause of death was cancer, and the manner of death was recorded as natural causes.
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Doctor Who: Downtime — Sarah-Jane Smith2025
- Worlds Within: The Life of Ian Marter — Self (archive footage)2025
- Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death — Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)2024
- Talking Doctor Who — Self / Sarah Jane Smith (archive footage)2023
- Tales of the Tardis — Sarah Jane Smith2023
- Our Sarah Jane: The Life of Elisabeth Sladen — Self (archive footage)2020
- The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years2017
- Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS — Sarah-Jane Smith (archive footage)2013
- My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen — Self (archive footage)2011
- Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 — Sara Jane Smith (archive footage)2010
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Key facts
- Born
- Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen , ( 1946-02-01 ) 1 February 1946, Liverpool , England
- Died
- 19 April 2011 (2011-04-19) (aged 65), Southall , London, England
- Other name
- Elisabeth Miller
- Education
- Aigburth Vale High School for Girls
- Occupations
- Actress presenter writer
- Years active
- 1965–2011
- Spouse
- Brian Miller ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 )
- Children
- Sadie Miller
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elisabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Place of death
- Southall
- Occupation
- ballet dancer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Elisabeth Sladen crop.png
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- Commons category
- Elisabeth Sladen
- date of birth
- 1946-02-01
- date of death
- 2011-04-19
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Elisabeth Clara Miller (née Heath-Sladen; 1 February 1946 – 19 April 2011), known professionally as Elisabeth Sladen, was an English actress. She was best known for her recurring role as Sarah Jane Smith in the BBC series Doctor Who from 1973 to 1976, alongside Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker; she reprised the role with David Tennant between 2006 and 2010 and in spin-offs K-9 and Company (1981) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011).
Sladen was interested in ballet and theatre from childhood, and began to appear on stage in the mid-1960s, although she was more often a stage manager at this time. She moved to London in 1970 and won several television roles, with her acting in the police drama Z-Cars leading to her being recommended for the role in Doctor Who. After leaving the series, she had other roles on both television and radio before semi-retiring to bring up a family in the mid-1980s.
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