Elisabeth Sladen is an English actress that grew up in Liverpool England. As a child she exhibited an interest in the arts and at the age of five she danced with the Royal Ballet, soon after she turned to acting and attended drama school.
Sladen began working for the Liverpool Playhouse as an assistant stage manager. Her first acting debut was playing the part of a corpse. She was constantly giggling which didn't help her land more roles. While working at the playhouse she met and married Brian Miller.
Eventually she began acting in repertory work. She appeared in roles such as Desdemona in Othello and a barmaid in six episodes of Coronation Street. She also played a stand up comics wife in Take My Wife and a small part in the film Dream Racer as a bank secretary.
In 1981 former producer of Doctor Who Barry Letts cast her in the BBC Classics production of Gulliver in Lilliput.
Sladen offered and accepted the part of investigative journalist, Sarah Jane Smith. She stayed on Doctor Who for three and a half seasons. Years later, John Nathan-Turner the new director of Doctor Who asked her to return, she declined but agreed to a second offer of playing in the series K-9.
Sladen is now appearing in The Sarah Jane Adventures, a Doctor Who spin-off produced by BBC Wales for CBBC and created by Russell T. Davies. The program was nominated for a Royal Television Society award and has been renewed for a second twelve episode series in 2008. She is also set to appear in the final two-part story of Doctor Who's 2008 series.
Fast Facts:
- Born: February 1, 1948
- Birthplace: Liverpool, England
- Married to Brian Miller
- Daughter: Sadie Miller
- Voted Best Guest Actress
- Front page news when she left Doctor Who
- Only companion to have met 6 of the Doctor's incarnations
- Read two audio stories for The Sarah Jane Adventures
- Daughter appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures audio
Elisabeth Sladen Timeline
Note: The IMDb links in this timeline have pop-ups.
February 1, 1948: Born in Liverpool England
1960: Coronation Street - IMDb | Wikipedia
1973-1976: Doctor Who - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
1979: Take My Wife - IMDb Listing
1981: K-9 and Company - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
1982: Gulliver in Lilliput - IMDb Listing
1993: Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
2007: The Sarah Jane Adventures - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
Elisabeth Sladen DVDs and Merchandise
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