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
1963
No Hiding Place
1961
Doctor Who
2025
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1974
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2022
Moonstrike
1963
Myth Makers
2015
Harbinger
2026
The Day of the Triffids
1963
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
Dance Date
1960

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
66
2026
Harbinger
as Sue
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as Susan Foreman
2025
Doctor Who
as Susan Foreman
2023
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
as Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2022
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self
2017
The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Myth Makers
as Herself
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Joyce
2013
Doctor Who at the Proms
as Self - Special Guest Appearance
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
2012
Vision On
as Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2012
Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'
as Herself
2012
Rediscovering the Urge to Live
2010
Daleks! Conquer and Destroy
as Self
2009
The Sets of Marinus
as Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2009
Mounting the Rescue
as Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2008
Five Doctors, One Studio
2006
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self
2006
Creation of the Daleks
as Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2006
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
as Self / Susan Foreman
2006
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
as Self / Susan Foreman
2006
Masters of Sound
as Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2003
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'
as Susan Foreman (archive footage)
2001
Then & Now
1999
Soul's Ark
as Stella Grant
1998
Lust in Space
as Self
1995
The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
1994
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
as Zorelle
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Susan Foreman
1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Herself
1987
Myth Runner
as Herself
1987
Doctor Who Then & Now
as Susan
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Susan Foreman (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
as Susan Foreman
1976
The Incredible Sarah
as Women (uncredited)
1975
The Hiding Place
as Woman
1974
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Valerie
1967
Dial M for Murder
1967
The Man Outside
as Cindy
1966
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1964
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
as Susan Foreman
1964
Doctor Who: The Daleks
as Susan Foreman
1964
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
as Susan Foreman
1964
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
as Susan Foreman
1964
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
as Susan Foreman
1964
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
as Susan Foreman
1964
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
as Susan Foreman
1964
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as Susan Foreman
1964
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
as Susan Foreman
1963
The Day of the Triffids
as Bettina
1963
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
as Susan Foreman
1963
The Punch and Judy Man
as Girl in Kiosk
1963
The Punch and Judy Man
as Girl in Seaside Kiosk (Uncredited)
1963
Doctor Who
as Susan Foreman
1963
Moonstrike
1962
Mix Me a Person
as Jen
1961
No Hiding Place
1960
The Night We Got the Bird
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
1960
Dance Date
1959
Horrors of the Black Museum
as Teen in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
1957
Saint Joan
as Young Girl (uncredited)
1948
The Last Load