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Merle Dandridge Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1975-05-31

Birthplace:
Okinawa - Japan

Credits:
39 Total Roles

Merle Dandridge

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Biography

Merle Dandridge is a Japanese-American actress who was born in Okinawa, Japan. Dandridge is primarily a stage actress, but has had several roles in television. She has gained a wider audience as the voice of Alyx Vance in the award-winning action game Half-Life 2 and its sequels, Episode One, Episode Two.

Her father was an African-American US serviceman from Memphis and her mother was a local Okinawan of Korean and Japanese descent. As well as Okinawa, Dandridge has lived in Sacramento, California, at Beale Air Force Base, and later at Offutt Air Force Base (home to the then-Strategic Air Command) in Bellevue, Nebraska, where she spent the majority of her childhood. She attended Papillion La Vista High School and participated in the play production class and theater department there.

She then attended the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University (currently called the Chicago College of Performing Arts) with a scholarship that she earned at the International Thespian Festival.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 The Electric State MOVIE News Anchor
2024 Secret Level TV Liz Mutton (voice)
2024 Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II MOVIE Marlene (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 The Last of Us TV Marlene
2022 Block Party MOVIE Crystal Maitland
2020 The Flight Attendant TV Kim Hammond
2020 The Right Girl MOVIE Self
2020 Blithe Spirit MOVIE Elvira
2020 The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II MOVIE Self
2019 Truth Be Told TV Zarina Killebrew

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