Carole Ann Ford

Last updated 09 January 2020

Acting Credits	expand all 10 roles
Unit 190: Gallifrey IV[BF]	1 credit in 1 entry
Zorelle: Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans[Other]	1 credit in 1 entry
Susan Foreman: An Unearthly Child; The Daleks; The Edge of Destruction; Marco Polo; The Keys of Marinus; The Aztecs; The Sensorites; The Reign Of Terror; Planet of Giants; The Dalek Invasion of Earth; Dimensions In Time[Misc]; The First Doctor Boxset[BF]; Quinnis[BF]; The Masters of Luxor[BF]; The Flames of Cadiz[BF]; The Alchemists[BF]; The Light at the End[BF]; The Beginning[BF]; The First Doctor Volume 01[BF]; Hunters of Earth[BF]; Bigger on the Inside(uncredited)[Factual] (from archive recording) \| as Susan: The Five Doctors	66 credits in 22 entries
Self: Children in Need[Related]; Doctor Who Explained[Factual]; Tales from the TARDIS[Factual]; William Hartnell: The Original[Factual]; The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot[Misc]; Doctor Who: Origins[Factual]; Over the Edge[Factual]; Inside the Spaceship[Factual] \| as Presenter: Doctor Who Prom (2013)[Music]	10 credits in 9 entries
Susan: Auld Mortality[BF]; A Storm of Angels[BF]; Here There Be Monsters[BF]; Domain of the Voord[BF]; Nightshade[BF]; The Age of Endurance[BF]; The First Doctor Volume 03[BF]; Susan's War[BF]	14 credits in 8 entries
Susan Campbell: An Earthly Child[BF]; Relative Dimensions[BF]; Lucie Miller[BF]; To The Death[BF]	4 credits in 4 entries
Joyce: An Adventure In Space And Time[Misc]	1 credit in 1 entry
Narrator: All Hands on Deck[BF]; A Small Semblance Of Home[BF]	2 credits in 2 entries
Narrator: The First Doctor Volume 03[BF]	4 credits in 1 entry
Woman: The First Doctor Adventures Volume 03[BF]	2 credits in 1 entry

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Carole A.L. Higgins

Born: Sunday 16th June 1940 (age: 84)

Carole Ann Ford is best known for her role as Susan Foreman, the granddaughter and first companion of the Doctor.

Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as The Jungle Book, Stranger in the House, Bakerloo to Paradise, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Rumpus, Pride and Prejudice, Inadmissible Evidence, Enrico, Expresso Bongo, Sleeping Beauty,You Never Can Tell, Ned Kelly, Mother, MacBett, The Boy Friend, Have You Seen Manchester, and Private Lives.

Her films include Sarah (about the life of Sarah Bernhardt), Hiding Place, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, Mix Me a Person and the part of the blind French girl Bettina in the science fiction film The Day of the Triffids. She also worked as a glamour model in the late 1950s. In addition to Doctor Who, her television appearances include Suspense (in the play Man on a Bicycle), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Public Eye,Emergency Ward 10, Attorney General, Moonstrike, Compact, Probation Officer, and Dial M for Murder.

The actress is played by Claudia Grant in the 50th Anniversary drama An Adventure In Space And Time.

Editorial Note: a number of sites have erroneously listed Ford's birth date as 8th June, and not 16th June as verified by the actress herself.

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