Elisabeth Sladen was born in 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 during first production there and they were later married after meeting again in Manchester three years later. Early television work included appearances in "Coronation Street" (1970), "Doomswatch" (1972), "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" (1973), "Public Eye" and "Z Cars." Between 1974 and 1976 she had a regular role in Doctor Who as Sarah Jane Smith, a part she has since reprised in "K-9 and Company" (1981), "The Five Doctors" (1983), the Doctor Who radio serials "The Paradise of Death (1993) and "Doctor Who and the Ghosts of N-Space" (1996), the Children In Need skit "Dimensions In Time" (1993) and the spin-off video drama "Downtime" (1995). Other work on television has included "Stepping Stones" (1977-78), "Send in the Girls" (1978), "Take My Wife" (1979), "Gulliver in Lilliput" (1982), "Alice in Wonderland" (1985) and "Dempsey and Makepeace" (1985). In 1980 Sladen appeared in the cinema film "Silver Dream Racer." 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" (1989) and "Peak Practice" (1996).
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