Carole Ann Ford

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

Doctor Who

Susan Foreman

No Hiding Place

Doctor Who

Susan Foreman

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Valerie

The Day of the Triffids

Bettina

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Susan Foreman

An Adventure in Space and Time

Joyce

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War	Susan Foreman
2023	Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour	Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2017	The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2013	An Adventure in Space and Time	Joyce
2013	Doctor Who at the Proms	Self - Special Guest Appearance
2013	The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot	Self
2012	Vision On	Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2012	Don't Lose Your Head	Herself
2012	Rediscovering the Urge to Live
2009	The Sets of Marinus	Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2008	Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008	The Ties That Bind Us	Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2006	Doctor Who: Origins	Self
2006	Creation of the Daleks	Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2006	Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS	Self / Susan Foreman
2006	Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"	Self / Susan Foreman
2006	Masters of Sound	Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2003	The Story of Doctor Who
2001	Then & Now
1999	Soul's Ark	Stella Grant
1999	Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
1998	Lust in Space	Self
1995	The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1994	Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans	Zorelle
1993	Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time	Susan Foreman
1993	30 Years in the TARDIS	Herself
1987	Myth Runner	Herself
1985	Myth Makers 4: Carole Ann Ford
1984	Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks	Susan Foreman (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983	Doctor Who: The Five Doctors	Susan Foreman
1975	The Hiding Place	Woman
1967	The Man Outside	Cindy
1967	Dial M for Murder
1966	The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1964	Doctor Who: The Aztecs	Susan Foreman
1964	Doctor Who: The Daleks	Susan Foreman
1964	Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction	Susan Foreman
1964	Doctor Who: Marco Polo	Susan Foreman
1964	Doctor Who: The Sensorites	Susan Foreman
1964	Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus	Susan Foreman
1964	Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror	Susan Foreman
1964	Doctor Who: Planet of Giants	Susan Foreman
1964	Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth	Susan Foreman
1963	The Day of the Triffids	Bettina
1963	Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child	Susan Foreman
1963	The Punch and Judy Man	Girl in Kiosk
1963	The Punch and Judy Man	Girl in Seaside Kiosk (Uncredited)
1962	Mix Me a Person	Jen
1959	Horrors of the Black Museum	Teen in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
1948	The Last Load

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Doctor Who	Susan Foreman
1987	Doctor Who Then & Now	Susan
1973	Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?	Valerie
1963	Doctor Who	Susan Foreman
1959	No Hiding Place