Merle Dandridge

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Merle Dandridge is a JapaneseAmerican 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 awardwinning action game HalfLife 2 and its sequels Episode One Episode Two Her father was an AfricanAmerican 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 thenStrategic 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