LIVERPOOL actress and Dr Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures star Elisabeth Sladen has died of cancer, at the age of 63.
She was born in 1948 and grew up around Sefton Park.
A graduate of the Elliot-Clarke school, later she worked behind the scenes at the Liverpool Playhouse where she met her husband, the actor Brian Miller.
She first appeared as Sarah Jane in Doctor Who in 1973, alongside the Third Doctor Jon Pertwee, and also worked alongside Tom Baker, as well as more recent Doctors David Tennant and Matt Smith.
Creator of The Sarah Jane Adventures, Russell T Davies, said: “I absolutely loved Lis. “She was funny and cheeky and clever and just simply wonderful.”
She leaves husband, actor Brian Miller, and daughter, Sadie.
