Carole Ann Ford

Actor Jun 16 (age 85) 1948–2025 (77 year career)

6.9 avg rating

Biography

Carole Ann Lillian Ford (née Higgins; born 16 June 1940) is a British actress best known for her roles as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and as Bettina in the 1962 film adaptation of The Day of the Triffids.

Known For

Film

Doctor Who

Susan Foreman

Film

An Adventure in Space and Time

Joyce

Film

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Self

Film

The Day of the Triffids

Bettina

Film

Doctor Who: The Daleks

Susan Foreman

Film

The Hiding Place

Woman

Film

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Susan Foreman

Film

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

Susan Foreman

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (53)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025

as Susan Foreman

5.4

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

2023

as Susan Foreman (archive footage)

6.1

The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years

2017

Doctor Who at the Proms

2013

as Self - Special Guest Appearance

8.0

An Adventure in Space and Time

2013

as Joyce

7.7

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

as Self

7.8

Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'

2012

as Herself

Vision On

2012

as Susan Foreman (archive footage)

Rediscovering the Urge to Live

2012

Daleks! Conquer and Destroy

2010

as Self

8.0

Mounting the Rescue

2009

as Susan Foreman (archive footage)

The Sets of Marinus

2009

as Susan Foreman (archive footage)

Five Doctors, One Studio

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

as Susan Foreman (archive footage)

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

2008

Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

2006

as Self / Susan Foreman

8.0

Masters of Sound

2006

as Susan Foreman (archive footage)

8.0

Creation of the Daleks

2006

as Susan Foreman (archive footage)

8.0

Doctor Who: Origins

2006

as Self

8.5

Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'

2006

as Self / Susan Foreman

7.0

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'

2003

as Susan Foreman (archive footage)

The Story of Doctor Who

2003

Then & Now

2001

Soul's Ark

1999

as Stella Grant

Lust in Space

1998

as Self

The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

1995

Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

1994

as Zorelle

6.2

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

1993

as Susan Foreman

4.6

30 Years in the TARDIS

as Herself

Myth Runner

as Herself

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

1984

as Susan Foreman (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.9

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

1983

as Susan Foreman

7.7

The Incredible Sarah

1976

as Women (uncredited)

The Hiding Place

as Woman

The Man Outside

as Cindy

Dial M for Murder

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

1966

6.1

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

1964

as Susan Foreman

6.3

Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction

1964

as Susan Foreman

5.7

Doctor Who: The Aztecs

1964

as Susan Foreman

7.5

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

1964

as Susan Foreman

7.5

Doctor Who: Planet of Giants

1964

as Susan Foreman

7.0

Doctor Who: The Sensorites

1964

as Susan Foreman

5.1

Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

1964

as Susan Foreman

5.9

Doctor Who: Marco Polo

1964

as Susan Foreman

7.2

Doctor Who: The Daleks

1964

as Susan Foreman

7.3

The Day of the Triffids

1963

as Bettina

6.1

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

1963

as Susan Foreman

7.4

The Punch and Judy Man

as Girl in Kiosk

Mix Me a Person

as Jen

The Night We Got the Bird

1960

as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

4.5

Horrors of the Black Museum

1959

as Teen in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)

5.7

The Last Load

1948

Television (11)

Doctor Who

2024

as Susan Foreman

6.4

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

2018

as Self

Myth Makers

2015

as Herself

Doctor Who

2005

as Self

7.6

Doctor Who Then & Now

1987

as Susan

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Valerie

Doctor Who

as Susan Foreman

Doctor Who

as Self

Moonstrike

No Hiding Place

Dance Date