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Elisabeth Sladen
Age: 62
Height: 5' 4"
Birth Place: Liverpool, England, UK
Born: Feb. 1st, 1948
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BIOGRAPHY: Elisabeth Sladen was born on 1 February 1948 in Liverpool, England. She attended drama school for two years before joining the local repertory theatre in her home town of Liverpool. She met actor Brian Miller (I) during her first production there and they were later married after meeting again in Manchester, three years later. Early television work included appearances on "Coronation Street" (1960), "Doomwatch" (1970), "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" (1973), "Public Eye" (1965) and "Z Cars" (1962). Between 1974 and 1976, she had a regular role on "Doctor Who" (1963) as Sarah Jane Smith, a part she has since reprised in K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981) (TV); "Doctor Who" (1963) {The Five Doctors (#20.23)}; the
Doctor Who radio serials The Paradise of Death (1993) & Doctor Who and the Ghosts of N-Space" (1996); the Children In Need skit Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) (TV); the spin-off video drama Downtime (1995) (V) and, most recently, in the new "Doctor Who" (2005) {School Reunion (#2.3)}_, "Doctor Who" (2005) {Stolen Earth (#4.12)}_ and "Doctor Who" (2005) {Journey's End (#4.13)}_.
Other work on television has included _"Stepping Stones" (1977)_, "Send in the Girls" (1978), "Take My Wife..." (1979), Gulliver in Lilliput (1982) (TV), Alice in Wonderland (1986) (TV) and "Dempsey and Makepeace" (1985). In 1980, Sladen appeared in the cinema film Silver Dream Racer (1980). Since the birth of her daughter Sadie in 1985, she has spent most of her time being a mother and housewife, but has made occasional television appearances, including in "The Bill" (1984) and "Peak Practice" (1993).
Fan reaction of her reappearance as Sarah Jane Smith on "Doctor Who" (2005) resulted in the production of a second
Doctor Who spin-off just for her, "The Sarah Jane Adventures" (2007) which is in production at this time.
TRIVIA:
- One of 23 performers to have acted in both the original 20th century _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv) television series and the 21st century _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv) television series. The others are 'Roger Nott' (qv); 'David Warwick (II)' (qv); Christopher Ryan Damom Jeffrey 'William Thomas (I)' (qv); 'Nisha Nayar' (qv); 'Pauline Collins' (qv); Phlilip Mcgough 'John Leeson' (qv); 'Bella Emberg' (qv); 'Colin Spaull' (qv); 'Gabriel Woolf' (qv), 'Margaret John' (qv), 'Trevor Laird' (qv), 'Louis Mahoney' (qv), 'Geoffrey Palmer' (qv), Christopher Benjamin, Daphne Oxenford 'Clive Swift' (qv), 'Anne Reid' (qv), 'Jessica Martin (I)' (qv) and 'David Troughton' (qv).
- For her role in the new Doctor Who show as well as her appearance in The Five Doctors, she holds the unique position of having been the only companion to have met 6 of the Doctor's incarnations.
- Along with 'Peter Davison (I)' (qv) and 'John Leeson' (qv), she is one of only three actors to play the same character (Sarah Jane Smith) in both _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv) and _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv).
- Has returned to playing the role of her _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv) companion character, intrepid journalist "Sarah Jane Smith", in a series of brand new, original self-contained audio adventures on single CD in 2002 and again in 2006.
- She starred in _K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981) (TV)_ (qv), the first television spin-off of _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv), which featured Sarah Jane Smith as played by Sladen, and K-9 as voiced by 'John Leeson' (qv).
- Along with 'John Leeson' (qv), she is one of only two actors to both appear on and play the same character (Sarah Jane Smith) in four different television productions based in the "Doctor Who" universe: _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv), _K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981) (TV)_ (qv), _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv) and _"The Sarah Jane Adventures" (2007)_ (qv). She appeared with Leeson in all four.
- Along with 'David Tennant (I)' (qv), 'John Leeson' (qv), 'Tommy Knight' (qv), 'Alexander Armstrong' (qv) and 'Lachele Carl' (qv), she is one of only six actors to play the same character (Sarah Jane Smith) in both _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv) and _"The Sarah Jane Adventures" (2007)_ (qv).
- Returned playing her Sarah Jane Smith character from the original _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv) series (1963-1989) in the new _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv) series on _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv) {School Reunion (#2.3)}_, _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv) {Stolen Earth (#4.12)}_ and _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv) {Journey's End (#4.13)}_.
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