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Dandridge, Merle

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Personal name headingDandridge, Merle
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Birth date1975-05-31
Place of birthOkinawa-shi (Japan)
Field of activityMusical theater
Profession or occupationSingers Actors
Found inCollins, P. Tarzan [SR] p2006: insert (Merle Dandridge)
Once on this Island, 2018: container (Merle Dandridge, singer)
IMDb, February 27, 2019 (Merle Dandridge; actress; born May 31, 1975 in Okinawa, Japan to a mother of Korean and Japanese descent and an African-American father serving in the U.S. Air Force; after graduating high school in Papillion, Nebraska, she attended the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University in Chicago, graduating with a BFA in Theatre; she starred on Broadway as The Lady of the Lake in the Mike Nichols-directed Spamalot, as Aida in Aida, Kala in Tarzan, Joanne in Rent and in Jesus Christ Superstar; she has toured the U.S. and Europe 5 times; regionally, she has appeared at Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, and Pasadena Playhouse)